On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 04:08:24AM +0800, brandon wrote: > Hi, suppose i want to run a backup script daily that zips up some of my > configuration files and place it in my home directory. > > I created a file named backup, and put a single line command in it > > tar -zcvf /home/brandon/backup.tar.gz2 /etc/fstab /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I guess you need to specify the interpreter, i.e. #!/bin/sh -- see run-parts(8). Almut