On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:26:07PM +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > > >>| gtar: ./cache/samba/winbindd_privileged/pipe: socket ignored > > > > > >Tar is warning you that it came across a special file type (a socket) > >and didn't back it up. You can safely ignore these messages. > > > Not 100% true actually. Gnutar produces some output on stderr which > amanda classifies as "normal" (can safely be ignored), "error" (needs > to be flagged as error to the user, and implies that this dump is not > correct and will not be put on tape if dumping to holdingdisk). > And a third category "strange": all the other messages not falling in > category "error" or "normal". > > When amanda detects strange or failed "lines", it shows them all, > including the normal ones. The normal ones are preceded by a pipe > symbol as above. The "error" and "strange" lines are preceded by a > question mark. > > That means that the above line is not seen as an error. And would > that be the only output of tar, amanda would not have bothered you > with those details.
Darn, that's the second thing this old dog learned today. Thanks for the clarification Paul. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
