Ok, remember, in the right location is only half the problem, if your path is set wrong, files in the correct location are still not found.
So, since running without the -j did not change things, assume the problem is in tar. Check the backup directory for a broken symlink. Kevin Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Paul Mooring Sent: 02/11/2010 1:41:51 PM Subject: Re: File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive yes, like my reply above shows with or without the j I get an error saying /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2 is missing and which bzip2, correctly show /bin/bzip2 exists and is in the proper location. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Kevin Fries <kfri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Even when dropping the -j? You are perming two actions, one is failing, > which one? Find out by doing the actions seperately. It will allow you to > narrow in on the problem. > > Kevin > > Sent from my Nokia phone > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Mooring > Sent: 02/11/2010 1:32:28 PM > Subject: Re: File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive > > don't think that's it, it consistently tells me it can't find the file > I'm trying to create: > > Thu Feb 11, 01:11 PM > p...@paulbox:~ $ sudo tar cjpf /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2 > /home/paul/Desktop/ > tar: /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > Thu Feb 11, 01:12 PM > p...@paulbox:~ $ sudo tar cf /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar /home/paul/Desktop/ > tar: /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Kevin Fries <kfri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It sounds like it is not finding bzip2 for some reason. Try creating the >> tar without compression first. >> >> Kevin >> >> Sent from my Nokia phone >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Mooring >> Sent: 02/11/2010 1:16:37 PM >> Subject: File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive >> >> Just like the subject says, this... >> p...@paulbox:~ $ sudo tar cjpf /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2 >> /home/paul/Desktop/ >> ...gives me this... >> tar: /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory >> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names >> >> I'm running it is as root so I don't think it's permissions but just in >> case... >> p...@paulbox:~ $ ls -ld /backups >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 Feb 11 13:12 /backups >> >> anyone know what I'm doing wrong here? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
