I'm trying to write a backup script to backup a couple directories. This is what I have so far, it's not fleshed out because I've been getting errors: #!/usr/bin/perl $DATA = "/root/. /usr/local/."; $CONFIG="/etc/. /var/lib/."; system `tar cvfz data_full.tgz $DATA`; system `tar cvfz config_full.tgz" $CONFIG`; These are the errors I recieve after I run the script: tar: Removing leading `/' from member names sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file Even with these errors it does create the data_full.tgz file, but before it finishes it outputs the last two errors to the screen. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks

Hi- I think I see the two problems. Right before the $CONFIG there is a double quote, remove it. The other thing is when you define your variables, get rid of the trailing slash, ie. $CONFIG="/etc /var/lib"; That should get rid of the errors. -Mark