That's on the horizon.  Today I need to get things tar'ed. ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Alex Dean wrote: From: Alex Dean Subject: Re: Running Tar from a Shell Script. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 1:59 PM On Jul 27, 2010, at 3:54 PM, keith smith wrote: > > > > Hi, > > If I run "tar -czf /backups/my-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz /work/dev/" from the command line, less the quotes, it runs just fine with the exception of the one message that says "tar: Removing leading `/' from member names", which I am not sure exactly what that means. > > If I create a shell script with two lines, as follows: > >   #!/bin/bash > > /bin/tar -czf /backups/my-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz /work/dev/ > > > I get the following output: > > : command not founde 2: > /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > /bin/tar: /work/dev/\r: Cannot stat: No such file or directory > /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > : command not founde 4: > > I am not sure why these errors.  Any help is much appreciated. I know this isn't really answering your question, so apologies in advance for that... Looks like you're backing up some development code?  Have you considered using a version control system instead?  Granted, you then need to make backups of your repositories, but you gain a whole wealth of other benefits. alex --------------------------------------------------- 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