Backup.sh problem

Squiz Matrix Support
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Has anyone got the same message?


tar: --exclude=matrix-2005-11-15_16-28-backup.tar: Could not stat: No such file or directory

tar: --exclude=./cache/: Could not stat: No such file or directory

tar: --exclude=matrix--backup.tar*: Could not stat: No such file or directory

Unable to create tarball ./matrix-2005-11-15_16-28-backup.tar.

Aborting.





:blink:

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Sounds like you're not running backup.sh from the Matrix root folder.

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I get this message aswell. Even if the backup is complete.

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[quote]Sounds like you’re not running backup.sh from the Matrix root folder.
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Nope running the backup.sh from the root of the matrix installation…



Calling it using /bin/sh backup.sh

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And the same for me… Running the script from Matrix root.

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What OS are you using? Linux or Solaris? If you're using Solaris, you might want to check that you're using GNU/Tar instead of the tar that ships with Solaris.

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[quote]What OS are you using? Linux or Solaris? If you’re using Solaris, you might want to check that you’re using GNU/Tar instead of the tar that ships with Solaris.
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Well I am using:



FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun May 8 10:21:06 UTC 2005



bsdtar 1.01.020

libarchive 1.02.006



as at the bottom of output when I entered tar --help

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My guess (not being a FreeBSD guru) is that bsdtar is not GNU/Tar compliant. You may have to rewrite the tar command in the backup.sh script for that platform.

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It’s not GNU Tar.


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tar&sektion=1

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Hey guys got the back-up script working on BSD…


Change the TAR creation line in the backup.sh script to


    tar -C `dirname ${SYSTEM_ROOT}` -cv  --exclude=${backupfilename} --exclude=${SYSTEM_ROOT}/cache/* --exclude=matrix-*-backup.tar* -f ${backupdir}/${backupfilename} `basename ${SYSTEM_ROOT}`


The exclude statements need to be before the created filename for it to work.

Then I ran:

./backup.sh ../matrix-backup/mydump.tar

and all worked.....

[quote]It's not GNU Tar.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tar&sektion=1
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