http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue78/adam.html#keyfiles

So I'm giving this a try as I need a backup script that's better than mine! Something silly I'm sure but I get... tar: compress: Cannot exec: No such file or directory Error is not recoverable: exiting now when I run keyfiles. I've put keyfiles.conf in /etc and the /var/log/keyfiles directory exists. My conf is just... /home/matt/* Any ideas? -- Matt ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

--- Steve Palmer wrote:

For some it gives me:

tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

whenever i try it :/ I've tried applying it to other directories on me box incase it was the unique structure of the wanted directories, but its still the same. It does say its an old command if you don't enter the other parameters though - differening versions of tar to blame here? i'm running SuSe 8.0 with stock tar on it.

I did post a URL... http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue78/adam.html#keyfiles which ought to help you. However, directly from the command line, try... tar cvf name.tar DIRECTORY substituting the values as you need them. Different versions of tar are not to blame. Whoever it was that suggested using redirected output "> filename.tar" in the last thread is severly mistaken about how tar works..... HTH, -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

--- Steve Palmer wrote:

Yes sorry i know you did. :) Its just that i have very little time to get it done - the sorta time that isn't enough to learn new stuff :(

I know what you mean :)

Anyway your little snippet appears to have done the trick! Thanks for that.

No worries... One thing I should have said is that you can also compress it directly with gzip, by using "tar cvfz" (the "z" flag uses gzip). You can also try the "j" flag which uses bzip2 if it is installed.

I'll probably make use of that other script as this linux box needs some backing up of configs anyway.

Cool -- If you do use it, let me know, as I might improve it, if you can think of any features that should be added. You can also set the program to run as a cron-job. But more on that when you get round to it.

cheers!

:) Thomas Adam

--- Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Steve Palmer wrote:

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For some it gives me:

tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

whenever i try it :/ I've tried applying it to other directories on me box incase it was the unique structure of the wanted directories, but its still the same. It does say its an old command if you don't enter the other parameters though - differening versions of tar to blame here? i'm running SuSe 8.0 with stock tar on it.

I did post a URL...

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue78/adam.html#keyfiles

...

which ought to help you.

However, directly from the command line, try...

tar cvf name.tar DIRECTORY

substituting the values as you need them. Different versions of tar are not to blame. Whoever it was that suggested using redirected output "> filename.tar" in the last thread is severly mistaken about how tar works.....

HTH,

-- Thomas Adam

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