At 12:37 PM 12/2/1999 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This is almost certainly caused by attempting to backup the /proc
>directory (as previously noted). You can test that theory by doing
>something like this:
># tar cvf /dev/ht0 / 2> tar.err
>
I've had a similar nuisance for years restoring, i.e., using tar -xvf.
I always get a complaint right at the beginning about a directory that
couldn't be created, and the final exit is also a delayed error exit
after all files are restored. But since it all works, I've ignored it
so far. I exclude /proc/* in the -cvf, so I've suspected this is the
"../" directory at the "/" level. Does that make sense?
By the way, I've been burned by not using tar -xvpf rather than tar -xvf,
but that's a separate issue. But it puzzles me why tar would not default to
-p (maintain original permissions).
Jim
