Re: [webmin-l] backup

[john k. <joh...@gm...>]

Doug Robbins wrote:
> 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
> 

Thanks Doug, it works.. i tried backup one file directly to diskette 
without a name and it works....

Thanks.

-Hazmy-