On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> 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: >>> >> >> this is not possible because in the script you tell tar to create archive >> in /media/fde/backups/ > > Possibly /media/fde is a (broken) symbolic link to /media/ssda? > > Besides (but this probably hasn't to do with your failure): > what are you trying to achieve with 'STARTDIR=$PWD' and then > 'cd "$STARTDIR"'? >
Given that you are using bash, my guess is that the below should do what you want: STARTDIR=$(dirname $_) cd $STARTDIR || exit $? -- John Doe
