Thank you,the DSMI_CONFIG environment variable is pointed at /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin, last night I had corrected this and the backup is OK.
Liming ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] help:strange api question > On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:07 AM, liming wrote: > >> ...ANS1036S Invalid option '@[EMAIL PROTECTED]' found in options file '/usr/t >> ivoli/tsm/client/api/bin' >> at line number : 1 >> Invalid entry : '@[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> ... > > It rather looks like your DSMI_CONFIG environment variable is > pointing at a directory rather than an options file. Opening and > reading a directory as though it were a file gets binary bytes. > > Richard Sims
