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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes, and googled
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes.
Joomla! version: (2.5.7)
PHP version: (5.3.10)
MySQL version: (5.1.63-cll)
Host: (InMotion.com)
Akeeba Backup version: (Akeeba Backup Professional 3.6.7 (2012-10-13))

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file: attached

Description of my issue:
I attempted to transfer my site from http://test.stretchclock.com/more to http://www.stretchclock.com/more

(Both locations are hosted on the same InMotion hosting account)

The Akeeba site transfer completed successfully and i was taken to the restore page. I successfully restored the db and was taken to the final page where i deleted the installation directory. then i was redirected to my new home page: http://www.stretchclock.com/more/index.php

and recevied the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"' in /home/greatb12/public_html/stretchclock.com/www/more/configuration.php on line 28

I deleted the www.stretchclock.com/more directory, and attempted the same transfer.

i got the exact same results the second time.

thank you for your help.
shane

Thank you Nicholas, your message helped me identify the problem.

In the configuration.php there was an illegal character in my admin password and smtp password. I used a backslash \ to escape the character, and it works now.

Strangely, the illegal character works on the site that I am copying from. Both sites are hosted on the same shared hosted account.

thank you for your help. your software and your support is excellent!

shane