On March 19 2002, "Robert SHEN" wrote:
> I got the following message in the report sent by amanda, does anyone figure
> out the meaning:
> > gtar: ./dumps/20020319/host.domain._dev_sda5.0.tmp: file changed as we
> read it
Just as the message says, that file changed as GNU tar was trying to read
it. The messsage is not fatal, but the .tmp file is not likely to be
recoverable.
However, it looks like you are backing up your Amanda holding area. In
fact, the file being read was probably the same file that was being written
at the time. It is very counterproductive to backup your holding area since
it only contains other backup images. You might try using an exclude list
to avoid this problem. Perhaps something like:
./dumps
./dumps/*
If you have dedicated the entire /dev/sda5 partition to the holding area,
you can just eliminate it from your disklist.
I hope this helps,
-Ben
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Benjamin Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Database Analyst/Programmer
Instructional Computing Services - Computing Accounts
Purdue University
