Okay it was a DOS carriage return.  I did a dos2unix filename.sh and all is well!! Thanks! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Mark Stoecker wrote: From: Mark Stoecker Subject: Re: Running Tar from a Shell Script. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 2:07 PM "tar: Removing leading `/' from member names" is because you are not running the tar command from within the directory you are archiving.  Use the -C switch to specify the directory you want to run tar from. tar -czf /backups/my-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz -C /work/dev/ * That will switch to the /work/dev directory and run tar from there, backing up everything in it. On 7/27/2010 1:54 PM, keith smith wrote: Hi, If I run "tar -czf /backups/my-backup-$(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. ------------------------ Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- --------------------------------------------------- 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