Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-27 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2019-10-26 9:55 p.m., The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-10-26 at 21:33, Ken Heard wrote: > >> The tar scripts now look like this. >> --- >> #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-26 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-10-26 at 21:33, Ken Heard wrote: > The tar scripts now look like this. > --- > #!/bin/bash > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > echo here > tar -cpzf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-26 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want at this time to thank all of you for taking the time to provide various suggestions as to how to fix the problems I describe in my original post and in my previous thread 'Signs of hard drive failure?' My reason for the thank you is that early

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-26 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Ken Heard writes: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > > #!/bin/bash > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > STARTDIR=$PWD > cd /home/ken > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > --wildcards -T

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 25/10/2019 16:37, David Wright wrote: On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 11:49:46 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-10-25 at 11:37, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > >> On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >>> Untrue. I pointed out the flaws last time this subject was > >>>

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-10-25 at 11:37, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > >> On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> Untrue. I pointed out the flaws last time this subject was >>> discussed on this mailing list. Was that just a few days ago, or >>>

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > > > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 03:45:45 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 2019-10-24 7:12 p.m., Anuradha Weeraman wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:37:08PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > >>> tar -czf

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Ken Heard wrote: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > [...] > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > - --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst > [...] > it returns the following: > [...] > tar (child): /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz:

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:28:02PM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > > > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > #!/bin/bash > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > > STARTDIR=$PWD > > cd /home/ken > > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > >

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 09:33:51AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > >> Ken Heard wrote: > >> > >>> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > >>> > >>> #!/bin/bash > >>> # Script

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread john doe
On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. >>>

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Ken Heard wrote: > the archive.  It is properly mounted, and I can write files to it and > read those files.  As I said in my original post I am able to write > the archive successfully to /media/fde/backups/ by copying the tar > command line to a console and read the contents of the tarball. >

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > > > > #!/bin/bash > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > > STARTDIR=$PWD > > cd /home/ken > > tar -czf

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-10-24 at 18:37, Ken Heard wrote: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > it returns the following: > > ken@Turing:~$ tarkbrowsers > tar (child): /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz: Cannot open: No such > file or directory How are you invoking the script? What does

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2019-10-24 8:40 p.m., deloptes wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > >> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it >> >> #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory >> /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread deloptes
Ken Heard wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2019-10-24 7:12 p.m., Anuradha Weeraman wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:37:08PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: >>> tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ - >>> --wildcards -T

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2019-10-24 7:12 p.m., Anuradha Weeraman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:37:08PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: >> tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ - >> --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst > > Try removing the

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread deloptes
Ken Heard wrote: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > > #!/bin/bash > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > STARTDIR=$PWD > cd /home/ken > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz  --exclude-caches \ > --wildcards -T

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread Anuradha Weeraman
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:37:08PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > - --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst Try removing the single '-' at the beginning of the second line... -- Regards Anuradha

Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-24 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ - --wildcards -T