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. I'll take a deeper look at the script itself. Thanks! Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109
