> Hi, I have the following file:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop> ls -l backup-data.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 roger users 167 2007-03-09 10:18 backup-data.sh
>
> which if clicked from the desktop will create a tar file containing a
> few folders of files in the expected location.  Yet all my attempts to
> run from the command line fail to generate the tar file - having tried
> the following:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop> sh ./backup-data.sh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop> ./backup-data.sh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop> sh /home/roger/Desktop/backup-data.sh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop> /home/roger/Desktop/backup-data.sh
>
> None of the above work - what am I overlooking?

providing us with the error message?

what about

bash ./backup-data.sh


>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>
>


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