Creates a new version of a file if a file with an identical specification already exists at the location to which the file is being restored or copied. The new file is created with the same name and type and a version number one higher than the highest existing version. By default, BACKUP does not restore a file with the same file name, file type, and version number as a file that already exists in a directory. Rather, BACKUP issues an error message and does not restore the file. The /OVERLAY and /REPLACE qualifiers also override this default, but produce different results than the /NEW_VERSION qualifier. Note that when copying or restoring files using the /NEW_VERSION qualifier, files are processed in decreasing version number order and are created in ascending order. The result is that the version numbers are inverted. Because this qualifier causes version numbers to change, do not use the /NEW_VERSION qualifier with the /COMPARE or /VERIFY qualifier.