Try, :restore *t;@[log in to unmask]@[log in to unmask]@.@;show;keep;olddate;create I believe that should do it. The first @[log in to unmask]@ is taken by MPE to really mean /, in order to preserve backward compatability with pre-posix versions of MPE. The second @[log in to unmask]@ exclusion is taken literally. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilles Schipper GSA Inc. HP3000 & HP9000 System Administration Specialists 300 John Street, Box 87651 Thornhill, ON Canada L3T 7R4 Voice: 905.889.3000 Fax: 905.889.3001 Internet: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------