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tar woes

  • 14-02-2003 4:29pm
    #1
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭


    got a problem with tar guys.

    I'm setting up a simple cron.daily script called "userdirs" (chmod 755 - owned by root) with the following in it: 
    #!/bin/sh
tar -zcvpf /var/backup`date '+%d-%b-%Y'`.tar.gz --directory /home/

    All it's doing is creating a compressed tar file of the contents of the /home directory with file permissions saved. The size of the /home dir is less than 13mb.

    Since the cron job didn't run, I put it into a file of the same name to run from the command prompt. Now, everytime I try to run this script I get the following error:

    $prompt-> ./crontest
    tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

    Any ideas? I can't spot anything wrong with my script. And I'm running it from a root prompt also.


Comments

  • #2
    Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭Kev


    get rid of the --directory bit


  • #3
    logic1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭logic1


    I thought the topic read "TOE WARS!" I was getting excited.

    .logic.


  • #4
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Originally posted by logic1
    I thought the topic read "TOE WARS!" I was getting excited.

    .logic.

    perv :p

    AHA ... my little pinkie challenges your little pinkie to a duel ...... and ..


    oh that sounds so bloody dodgy I'll stop there :D


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