Tim Maher wrote: > In any case, I'm wondering why you're even bothering to remove the > leading slash in a pathname like /home. If it's because you're worried > about ending up with two slashes when you prepend another path to it, > that's no problem, because multiple slashes mean the same thing as > only one (/home = //home, ///////////////home, etc.) on Linux--and > UNIX too, if memory serves. >
Probably to avoid the risk of overwriting /home during a restore of the backup. -- Jules Agee System Administrator Pacific Coast Feather Co. [email protected] x284
