Hi, Ken Heard wrote: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > [...] > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > - --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst > [...] > it returns the following: > [...] > 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 > [...] > 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.
The only plausible theories i read so far are: A: The script you run is not the script from which you take the tar command line. B: tar gets somehow convinced that /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz is actually meant as /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz. (This is independent of the flaws of the script, which where pointed out.) So i would try to exclude cause A by adding message output to the script, and cause B by looking at the components of the .tgz path. I.e. i would insert echo "Yes. This is indeed the script." ls -ld /media ls -ld /media/fde ls -ld /media/fde/backups ls -ld /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz before tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ Then i'd run the script and be curious what happens. Have a nice day :) Thomas
