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Posted: March 22 2007 at 10:30 | IP Logged Quote Deano

ph_backupdb(E:\PowerHomeBackup,1)

The formula evaluates to 5

E: is a shared partition on a slave HD

Help says 5 means backup file rename failed
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Posted: March 22 2007 at 19:05 | IP Logged Quote jbbtex

I'm far from expert but I believe you just need to place the path & filename in quotes.

ph_backupdb("E:\PowerHomeBackup",1)
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Posted: March 22 2007 at 20:23 | IP Logged Quote Deano

Oh Boy - I'll bet you're right!

Need more non-experts in charge of error statements

I'll give it a try in the AM.
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 06:17 | IP Logged Quote Deano

Rats
Had the quotes in PowerHome just missed them in the post.
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 06:46 | IP Logged Quote jbbtex

Here is what I use:
ph_backupdb("c:\program files\powerhome\ph.db",1)
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 09:16 | IP Logged Quote Deano

I never gave it a name Works fine with now

Just spent the last hour trying to figure out why I couldn't jump to "Done" when it should have been Go to Label

My brain must still be in Cancun
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