On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:32:05AM -0500, Joel J. Adamson wrote: > TBlittlefoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:26:47PM -0500, Joel J. Adamson wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I'm using Slackware GNU/Linux 12.0 and would like to back up certain > >> files in my home directory: these are just data and configuration files, > >> not system files of any kind. Reading the `tar' manual I came across > >> the backup scripts, on my system in /usr/bin/backup. I created a > >> backup-specs file, and have gotten a bunch of errors that don't seem to > >> jive with the documentation. Here's my backup-specs file: > >> > > [...] > > >> > >> /home/joel/etc/backup Super-User > backup -f --time=now > >> backup -f --time=now > >> /dev/sdb1: Invalid argument > > > > Perhaps it needs to be mounted. > > Perhaps... > > > > > grep mount /usr/sbin/backup didn't produce anything. > > That's what I thought the first time. The drive has been mounted the > entire time. I did discover that it was incorrectly partitioned > (i.e. not partitioned). But I solved that and I still get the same > error.
Wouldn't you put the directory it was mounted on in place of the device name? Tom
