trying to get a basic shell script down... #!/bin/sh cd /samba; find . -depth -print | /bin/cpio -oa --block-size=512 \ --format=newc --verbose -O /dev/st0 > /etc/backup/DailyTapeLog question 1 - how do I direct the 2&>1 output to this file /etc/backup/DailyTapeLog? question 2 - is there some better scripts / ideas for a SCSI Tape backup? I eventually want to have a series of scripts that I can set up in cron. installed amanda - looks good - a bit of a bother - no webmin module - webmin module is good for customer. This is from a cpio module for webmin which is rather basic but it gets it done and allows someone to point & click restore (file pattenrn matching) if necessary. I did a backup and restore to make sure that it works and it actually works. Craig