Tried the idea some of you gave me with {/inbound}/site
and that did exactly what I was looking for if I leave the french braces off ( I think that's what their called) then it looks to my backups as a filesystem when I put them in the format above then it grabs the data from the directory Thank you everyone for your responses and your help...have a great day...you made mine George > -----Original Message----- > From: Hagopian, George > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: filesystems and directories under the same name > > Good morning everyone > > I can across an problem with no idea of a resolution. > AIX TSM server 4.2 > > I had a filesystem called say /inbound/site > now they removed the filesystem but still needed the path....so > they have a filesystem called /inbound and created a sub directory called > site > > When you try to do a restore via the command line it only finds the > filesystem data not the directory data > If I try to restore via X window or web I have to go through the > filesystem /inbound and to the subdirectory site > > How can I get the data off the filesystem /inbound/site and in the > directory /inbound/site > I can'd restore the data and then back it up again...too much data and not > enough space on the server > > Sorry to hit everyone in the morning with this...but I was trying to > figure this out all last night w/ no success > > Thanks > George Hagopian > AIX/TSM Administator > ICT Group