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@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@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 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@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@paulbox:~ $ ls -ld /backups > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 Feb 11 13:12 /backups > > anyone know what I'm doing wrong here? > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss