Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 02:13:41 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: backup problems with tar script Message-ID: <20000926021341.A18819@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Here is a script i copied and modified from the gnu site. I am only backing up /etc for testing reasons. #!/bin/csh set now = `date` set then = `cat ~/.admin/date.home.dump` tar -c -l -G -v\ -f /mnt/zip/backup.tar\ -N "$then"\ -V "Dump from $then to $now"\ /etc echo $now > ~/.admin/date.home.dump Here is the end of the output and the resulting error. etc/uucp/port.sample etc/uucp/sys1.sample etc/uucp/sys2.sample tar: Can't write to (null) : Bad address Any ideas what is going wrong? I tried searching the tar man page for the word 'null' in the error list, but had no luck. Apparently tar is choking on the first file (non-directory) after all the directories in /etc. What I want is an automated system that backs up all files modified or created since the last backup. I would prefer the backup file name to be generated automatically from the date, and for the script to determine the cutoff date automatically as well. jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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