On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 01:40:32 -0400 (AST), skidley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have this in a script: >> >> OF=/home/jon/backup-$(date +%m%d%Y).tar.gz >> tar -cZf $OF /home/jon/backups >> >> and when I run it, it works but I get this: >> >> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names >> tar: Child returned status 2 >> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors To make it tar.gz you can use lowercase 'z'. Paul >If I am reading what you have there correctly I think you may need th -C >option because your are tarring it to a /home/jon/backups( a different >dir than /home/jon/. If I am not understanding what u are doing >correctly disregard this :) -- If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. -Jules Renard http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.5 claws
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