Hi,
> > Which version of GNU tar are you using? You **must** use either 1.12 and
> > apply the patches in the Amanda distribution (or on the web page), or get
> > the latest version (1.13.17?) from alpha.gnu.org. If you have an earlier
> > version of 1.13, it's almost for certain broken in one way or another.
Well, this did indeed solve the problem. I was running tar version
1.13 which was giving me the error I reported of only backing up
directories. I've now replaced this with version 1.13.17 which seems
to have corrected the problem though I have noted that the amount of
data backed up as reported by Amanda, though very close in size, is
consistently a bit less than what 'du -sk' reports. This is a bit
disturbing. One always wants to see the backup image, if not be exact,
be at least a bit larger in size than the source image. Can anyone
offer an explanation for this, ie. should I be concerned?
> Recently I had to swap out one of our solaris boxes and had to redo amanda
> on it. I ended up running with GNU tar 1.12 plus patches, because even
> 1.1.3.17 was exhibiting the same behavior -- ie. backing up only directories
> and not files. I am glad I switched back to 1.12 because I had a major disk
> failure and had to restore from backup....I am very, vary glad I switched
> back.
Hmmm. Not sure what to say on this. Minus the possibly neglible
difference in backup vs. image size, it obviously isn't backing up
only directories anymore.
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Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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