Burn Folder Problem

I am trying to make a Backup of my User Folder and using the Burn folder and a 4 Gig DVD. I have about 1.5 Gigs in my User Folder. Right after the burn process started I get a message that says--Burning the disc failed because one or more items the "Home B-U 3-18-07 could not be read.
"/Users/csmith/.bash_history" cannot be read.
Chuck

The error indicates that the hidden .bash_history file, located at the root-level of your user folder can't be read. You can view it with this Terminal command:
cat .bash_history
or simply delete it with this command. The Terminal program will create a new one:
rm ~/".bash_history"
and try burning the folder again.
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