[root@mail scripts]# ls -l respmail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 114 Jun 30 12:05 respmail
[root@mail scripts]# cat respmail
DATE=`date +"%F.%Hh.%Mm.%Ss"`
DIR="/backup/mail/02Server-$DATE"
mkdir $DIR
tar czvf "$DIR/$DATE.tar.gz /var/mail"
[root@mail scripts]# ./respmail
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
[root@mail scripts]# pwd
/usr/scripts
[root@mail scripts]#