Hi, I have this problem :-) 38 /users/chuck > backup arg 0 = \my documents arg 1 = \windows\desktop arg 2 = \windows\start menu ERRDOS - ERRbadfile opening remote file \windows\Start Menu\Programs\Remote Desk top\What_s New about Remote Desktop 32.lnk tar file \windows\Start Menu\Programs\PC Gamer December 97 Disc 3.9\Uninstall PC Gamer December 97 Disc 3.9.lnk name length exceeds NAMSIZ tar: dumped 236 tar files Total bytes written: 2920960 39 /users/chuck > r backup arg 0 = \my documents arg 1 = \windows\desktop arg 2 = \windows\start menu tar: dumped 60 tar files Total bytes written: 2826240 I have SunOS 5.5.1. my backup command is :-) smbclient '\\chuck\c' -N -Tc tar.out "\my documents" "\windows\desktop" "\windows\start menu" As you can see. If I run this command several times I get different nr of dumped files. I also would like to know how I can change NAMSIZ I have attatched a copy of my testparm. Please can you help? Thank you Charles Lawson-Glen (South Africa) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 3397 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/19980118/e3c4c444/attachment.obj