Hi Steve,
Try placing a \ before each double-quote. For example:
DSMC SELECTIVE \"C:\DIR WITH SPACE\" -SUBDIR=Y
In your example:
&.\DSMC SELECTIVE \"$myBackupDir\" -SUBDIR=Y
Thanks,
Del
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> wrote on 03/14/2013
09:51:49 AM:
> From: "Schaub, Steve" <steve_sch...@bcbst.com>
> To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu,
> Date: 03/14/2013 09:54 AM
> Subject: Need help getting TSM Selective to work in a Powershell script
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu>
>
> I am building a script which will perform selective backups on a
> list of directories.
> This command works:
> &.\DSMC SELECTIVE $myBackupDir -SUBDIR=Y
> As long as the directory doesn't have any spaces in the name.
> I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to get
> Powershell to pass the required double quotes to the TSM command so
> it will work.
> Anyone have a working example?
> TIA,
>
> Steve Schaub
> Systems Engineer II, Windows Backup/Recovery
> BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
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