> OK, I did the following:
> mkdir /tar
> chown backuppc:backuppc /tar        a place to store the tar file
> cd /usr/share/backuppc/bin               to get to the
> BackupPC_tarCreate script
> su backuppc                                        logged in as backuppc
> then ran:
> $./BackupPC_tarCreate -n 169 -h localhost -s / > /tar/target.tar
>
> The script ran, printed out the help menu and created an empty target.tar
>
> There were 2 comments about depreciated commands in the script but no
> errors.
>
> Now what.
>
> Gary R

Was this from a backup of "localhost"?

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