The reported exit status is shifted left by 8 bits, so that means tar
exited with status 2, which means failure.
You should look at the XferLOG to see what error(s) it reported. It could
be something benign, but you should be sure before you start disabling
error checking.
Craig
On Sat, Nov
This is a golden oldie. At least a decade after
https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/backuppc-users/thread/AANLkTi%3DuzdiYV1jCzofkfeEQ6-czx34uEmYx2159Uxa%2B%40mail.gmail.com/#msg26616969
appeared, Ubuntu still ships with a backuppc which reports
backup failed (Tar exited with error 512 ()
