Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ptsfa!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!MIT-MULTICS.ARPA!RBrooks From: RBrooks@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: BACKUP error. Message-ID: <870213103839.894556@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: Fri, 13-Feb-87 05:38:00 EST Article-I.D.: MIT-MULT.870213103839.894556 Posted: Fri Feb 13 05:38:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Feb-87 15:11:05 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 11 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa I've had the same error from BACKUP before as I remember when you get the error message "CONTAINS CONTINUED FILE - CANNOT APPEND" you need to include the /REWIND switch after the name of the save set on the tape. By the way your saying about flies and birds translates into a delightfully off-color pun in German. -R. Brooks System Manager RFE/RL