Hi Terri - You should setup the gtar exclude list so you can specify files you want to ignore.
-doug On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Terri Eads wrote: > Is there any way to turn down the level of error messages > or warnings displayed from tar? I'm getting these: > > > /-- orca / lev 3 STRANGE > > sendbackup: start [orca:/ level 3] > > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar > > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gzip -dc |/bin/tar -f... - > > sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz > > sendbackup: info end > > ? gtar: ./dev/log: socket ignored > > | Total bytes written: 3983360 (3.8MB, 486kB/s) > > sendbackup: size 3890 > > sendbackup: end > > \-------- > > Which are making my logs and email large (some have a bunch > of sockets that are ignored). I don't want to lose valuable > information, though. > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Silver Network Manager Urchin Corporation http://www.urchin.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~