Barve, Saurabh Contractor, Digital Consulting Services \(DCS\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using the backup scripts provided with GNU tar version > 1.15.1. However, the backup script always fails on me with an error. [..] > The log files generates this error report: [..] > CMD: exec /bin/tar -c --format=gnu --multi-volume --one-file-system --sparse > --volno-file=/etc/backup/volume > --blocking=124 -f "/dev/nst0" > --listed=/root/testtarinstall/etc/tar-backup/temp.level-0 --label='Full > backup of miscellaneous files at 2006-01-23' > /bin/tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Judging by this, your BACKUP_FILES variable contains only whitespace. Either provide a meaningful BACKUP_FILES variable or make sure it is empty or unset. Regards, Sergey _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
