-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it
#!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ - --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst cd "$STARTDIR" it returns the following: ken@Turing:~$ tarkbrowsers tar (child): /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz: Cannot write: Broken pipe tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now It is trying to save the tarball to a different portable storage device, ssda, which had failed and consequently is no longer in /etc/fstab. How could such a thing happen? However, if I pull the line with the tar command out of the script and running it independently it does what it is told. If there is something wrong with the script I can't find it. I also tried the script with the second line reading STARTDIR="$PWD"; but that change made no difference, the result was the same. Help please! Regards, Ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQR9YFyM2lJAhDprmoOU2UnM6QmZNwUCXbInjgAKCRCU2UnM6QmZ N4QyAJkBqb+i4+4VRA38OWfWHV1GE15AmQCffAk/LjD8QAk48ElZPDk2ReI5RJc= =tfcB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
