backup problem

[jpeters]

I've tried rebooting several times, with the same result. It's been a while since I backed up, so I don't
know when the problem started.

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Backup produced errors
Shutdown Aborted     
                 
/tmp/backup_status

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tar: : No such file or directory
tar: error exit delayed from previous errors

[curaga]

Check your filetool.lst, there might be some weird line there.

[jpeters]

Check your filetool.lst, there might be some weird line there.

Nice call... a blank line at the end (hard to see

[curaga]

This is a problem for many. Perhaps a cleanup of that file should be added to the backup script, to be done right before backup. Something like

cd /
rm /tmp/newfiletool
for i in `cat /opt/.filetool.lst`; do
[ -e "$i" ] && echo "$i" >> /tmp/newfiletool
done
mv /tmp/newfiletool /opt/.filetool.lst

[Jason W]

This is nice to know as I always by habit create an empty line at the end of each file as a normal protocol. 

[roberts]

I will add a deletion of empty line(s).