On Monday 25 February 2002 11:29 am, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > due to permission problems, we've had repeated cases of tar returning error > message '2', even tho amanda uses the --ignore-failed-read option (tar > 1.3.25). as I understand it, amanda should still accept the backup data > that tar got, but it doesn't. it simply ignores the backup. > > is there an option I need to turn on at compile time, or is there something > I can set somewhere? my searches turned up a mail-list message (which I > can't seem to find again), which said 'update to tar 1.3.19 or amanda > 2.4.2p2'; but after surpassing both of those things (currently amanda > 2.4.3b2 and tar 1.3.25), it's still no luck. :( > > Carl Soderstrom.
Yes, I just started having the same problem due to a filesystem inconsistency. Tar gets lots and lots of data, then returns '2', so all of it is lost. I'm running redhat 2.4.16, tar 1.13.19. -- Chris Dahn, SERG Code Ninja 3141 Chestnut St. Attn: MCS Department Philadephia, PA 19104 Office: 215.895.0203 Fax: 215.895.1582 <->Software Engineering Research Group<-> Feel the SERG! http://serg.mcs.drexel.edu/ CAT 186, The Microwave http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Christopher+Dahn&op=index
