Re: [webmin-l] backup

[Doug R. <dro...@sm...>]

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:52:22 +0800, john kudin <joh...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is the first time i am trying webmin to backup file.  I encountered
> this problem while performing backup of system file to my secondary disk.
> 
> Directories to backup:
> 
> /etc/httpd/
> /usr/local/
> 
> Backup to --> file or tape --> /backup/linux/ (I tried with
> /backup/linux too)
> 
> Performing backup of /etc/httpd/ /usr/local/ to /backup/linux ..
> 
> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> tar: /backup/linux: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> 
> .. backup failed!
> 
> Anyone can give me some ideas what i did wrong...

Perhaps you need to specify a file rather than a directory, e.g., /backup/linux/today.tar.gz (assuming the backup feature creates a gzipped tar archive -- *.tar.gz).

Doug