On 11/14/2012 04:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Gary Roach<gary719_li...@verizon.net> wrote: > >>>> >> OK, I did the following: >> mkdir /tar >> chown backuppc:backuppc /tar a place to store the tar file >> cd /usr/share/backuppc/bin to get to the >> BackupPC_tarCreate script >> su backuppc logged in as backuppc >> then ran: >> $./BackupPC_tarCreate -n 169 -h localhost -s /> /tar/target.tar >> >> The script ran, printed out the help menu and created an empty target.tar >> > Note that the shell creates the file specified for output redirection > before starting the program. > > >> There were 2 comments about depreciated commands in the script but no >> errors. >> > You don't get the help message unless the command had an error. You > omitted the 'files/directories' that the help message should have > shown as part of the command. '.' will work for everything - or '/' > > Could you elaborate on my omission of the 'files/directories' and is the use of '/' for the top directory wrong?
Assuming that "super2" is a computer that was backed up to backup #169, that /etc /root /home and /var were backed up, that my backup files are on localhost and I wish to create a tar file for backup #169 to be transferred manually to "super2" then what is wrong with the code string: ./BackupPC_tarCreate -n 169 -h super2 -s /> /tar/target.tar Gary R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/