File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive

[Kevin Fries]

Ok, remember, in the right location is only half the problem, if your path is set wrong, files in the correct location are still not found.

So, since running without the -j did not change things, assume the problem is in tar.  Check the backup directory for a broken symlink.

Kevin

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mooring
Sent:  02/11/2010 1:41:51 PM
Subject:  Re: File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive

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.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Even when dropping the -j?  You are perming two actions, one is failing, which one?  Find out by doing the actions seperately.  It will allow you to narrow in on the problem.
>
> Kevin
>
> Sent from my Nokia phone
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Mooring
> Sent:  02/11/2010 1:32:28 PM
> Subject:  Re: File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive
>
> don't think that's it, it consistently tells me it can't find the file
> I'm trying to create:
>
> Thu Feb 11, 01:11 PM
> paul at 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
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> Thu Feb 11, 01:12 PM
> paul at paulbox:~ $ sudo tar cf /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar /home/paul/Desktop/
> tar: /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It sounds like it is not finding bzip2 for some reason.  Try creating the tar without compression first.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> Sent from my Nokia phone
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Mooring
>> Sent:  02/11/2010 1:16:37 PM
>> Subject:  File not found error creating tar.bz2 archive
>>
>> Just like the subject says, this...
>> paul at paulbox:~ $ sudo tar cjpf /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2
>> /home/paul/Desktop/
>> ...gives me this...
>> tar: /backups/bkup/2010-02-11.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
>>
>> I'm running it is as root so I don't think it's permissions but just in case...
>> paul at paulbox:~ $ ls -ld /backups
>> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 Feb 11 13:12 /backups
>>
>> anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?
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