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Cannot open: Input/output error with tar command in a shell script

I am trying to create a tar ball in a shell script (I have enabled set -x), but I get an error: + cd /home5/mysite/public_html + TAR_DUMP=gypo_2012-02-18-03:51:15.tar.gz + echo 'Tar name: ...
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Extract directory from wget's stdout

I am trying to wget a tarball from github.com and, without creating a temporary file, extract a subdirectory from it: wget -qO- https://github.com/django-nonrel/django-nonrel/tarball/develop | tar ...
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Wait for process to finish before going to the next line in shell script

I have a script I made to create a backup. I need to make sure the backup is ready before it runs the /home/ftp.sh command. How can I do so? I use CentOS 5.6 #!/bin/bash tar -Pcf ...