Thanks very much an extra '/' had worked it's way into my script and I somehow didn't notice it said bkup/${date}, rather than bkup${date}. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Matt Graham wrote: >>>> paul@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 > From: Paul Mooring >> 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. > > Does the directory /backups/bkup/ exist?  If it were missing, it'd > cause that error message.  tar won't make directories for you; you > have to use mkdir for that :-) > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog:  http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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