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