Hi I'm trying to do backup of all files tar cfz /home/leonard/backup2000.tgz / --exclude=backup2000 which will backup everything BUT the backup itself however when backuping /dev/ and /proc it produces error, how to avoid this ? Regards, Leonard Ong Leonard Advanced Research,Inc Leonard Ong | Confusious said : " The Journey of thousands miles (Íõ¶°ºÀ) | begins with a small single step " | Leonard_Ong@iname.com - Share Knowledge together! FreeBSD/Linux| UIN : 1041402 == http://www.poboxes.com/Leonard_Ong Powered | 68FB C87E 8A0D EC9F EC82 A6FC C547 B4E4 CA46 94DB ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://welcome.to/LAR -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/