On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:18 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri 11 Apr 2008 06:37:15 NZST +1200, Roger Searle wrote: > > > The resolution comes as soon as I change to non-compressed tar file along > > the lines of: > > > > /bin/tar -cf /media/backup/backup-home-check.tar /home/roger 2> > > /home/roger/admin/cron.log > > > > and now it works. So something is broked with what ever package does the > > compressing - it would be interesting to figure this out, would anyone have > > any pointers on where to look? > > The gzip and bzip2 (de)compressions are built into tar itself. If this Are you sure? They never used to be. You always used to have to install bzip2 before the j option would work. Steve
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