Hi, RUN, don't walk, to
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ and get the latest tar version from there, compile and install it. gnutar 1.13 is an evil program in conjunction with amanda. It produces corrupt indizees and, more worse, kind of corrupted backup archives. Christoph pointer schrieb: > Frank, > > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 10:50, Frank Smith wrote: > >>Your config looks correct to me. >>What does '/usr/local/bin/tar --version' show? > > > ____SNIP____ > $ /usr/local/bin/tar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.13 > > Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, > Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is > NO > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > PURPOSE. > > Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. > ____SNIP____ > > >>Can your backup user read the exclude file? > > > Yes. > > ____SNIP____ > $ ls -al /usr/.amanda-exclude.gtar > -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32 Oct 10 10:22 > /usr/.amanda-exclude.gtar > ____SNIP____ > > Cheers, > > Mike >
