> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use the "program" BackupPC_tarCreate.
>
> I have a test-host wich has been backuped 4 times incrementally, and one
> time fully :
>      - 0 : Full
>      - 1 : Incr
>      - 2 : Incr
>      - 3 : Incr
>      - 4 : Incr
>
> So, I want to use tarCreate to make an archive of this host in the
> folder named "/home/testback". So, here's my command :
>
> # su backuppc
> $ /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h test-host -s * -n -1
> /home/testback/test.tar (to start from the last backup)

This calls for some speculation, but I can't help noticing that the
parameter that follows -s is "every file name in the current directory"
and not what you should be passing, which is the sharename.  I'm going to
go out on a limb here and say that your sharename probably isn't a star. 
If it is, you'll need to escape it to protect it from shell expansion,
e.g., \*.

I'm going to repeat that -- your sharename probably isn't *.

> I also used :
>      -    $  /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h test-host
> -s * -n 0 /home/testback/test.tar (to test with a positive number...?)
>      -    $  /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h test-host
> -s * -n -1 (to see if it was the path I put making mess...)
>
> The error message is still the same :
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate: bad dump number ''
>
> What this message stands for ? I didn't found any help on Google...

Let's just say that if you're filling the command line with random
garbage, you can't expect a whole lot of guidance from the error message.

> Thanks in advance
>
> Nicolas


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