>... I have examined the index files and they look okay.
Does each line start with a big number, or do they look like this:
/
/lost+found/
/.dt/
/.dt/sessions/
/.dt/sessions/home/
/.dt/sessions/home/dt.session
/.dt/sessions/home/dtqWaG0a
/.dt/sessions/home/dt.settings
...
If they start with a big number, that's a symptom of a bad version of
GNU tar. You should be running either 1.12 plus the patches from the
Amanda web page, or 1.13.19 from alpha.gnu.org.
What does "gtar --version" say?
Note that if you use gcc to build GNU tar, some versions are known to
mis-compile it (sigh). It's probably best to use the latest (2.95.3).
>Chris O'Regan
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]