On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 09:33:51AM +0200, john doe wrote: > 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 $?
My point is that all of this is unnecessary. For one, tar doesn't change the current working directory all by itself. For two, if all of that is run as a subshell, whatever change wouldn't propagate "upstream". Occam's razor. Cheers -- t
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