I wrote comand below tar -cvvf /disk1/data/xyz.tar /disk1/data/folders it works but created file (xyz.tar) is hidden. when I use find /disk1/data -name xyz.tar system finds it but the written is red also I can!t copy it to another place. thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com