Hello, jhall. On 21 ??????? 2007 ?., 17:49:28 you wrote: jvn> tar -cvzf root.tgz /root > /dev/null 2>/home/jay/tarlog jvn> I'm sure it is something simple I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing it. what is your shell? -- Best regards, Michael mailto:liettneff at bk.ru