> I'm backing up a Compaq Tru64 client (elvis), and when the backup
>runs I get the following message on _some_ filesystems:
>...
>? gtar: Device number out of range
What version of tar is this (/usr/local/bin/tar --version)?
I see where a message *similar* to this comes out of 1.13, but it should
also have told you what incremental listing file it was reading and
what line.
If it's the same message, it means print("%ul") and strtoul() do not
match up on your OS. You may need to talk to the GNU tar folks or maybe
the Tru64 folks, but it would help to have an actual example first.
If you go to your listed incremental directory (you can find out where
it is with "amadmin xx version | grep listed_incr_dir") you'll find
one or more files. The first line in each file is a timestamp (epoch).
Each line after that has two numbers and a file name. The first number
is a device number, and it's this one that tar (may be) complains about.
>dave
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
