Yes it does!! edinburgh.root(7)=> ls -al /usr/local/bin/tar -rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 835584 Jun 14 13:08 /usr/local/bin/tar
-- Kenny MacPherson IT Manager DDI: +44 131 272 7091 -----Original Message----- From: Frank Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 June 2002 16:48 To: Kenny MacPherson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GNU tar and SAMBA backups Does /usr/local/bin/tar exist (and is it executable) on edinburgh ? Frank --On Friday, June 14, 2002 16:29:27 +0100 Kenny MacPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm moving over to use SAMBA based AMANDA backups, and have to start > using gnutar. > > If my amcheck tells me... > > ERROR: edinburgh: [GNUTAR program not available] > ERROR: edinburgh: [can not read/write > /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/.: No such file or directory] > Client check: 1 host checked in 1.178 seconds, 2 problems found > > Where am I going wrong? I have downloaded, configured, make'd and > installed GNU tar from www.gnu.org, I have re-configured, make-d and > installed Amanda with the additional --with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/tar > > I see a few websites/FAQs refer to gtar and can someone also confirm if > gnutar is the same as tar from GNU??? > > Regards > > Kenny > -- > Kenny MacPherson > IT Manager > DDI: +44 131 272 7091 > > > > > > Wolfson Microelectronics Ltd. > http://www.wolfsonmicro.com > t: +44 131 272-7000 > f: +44 131 272-7001 > > Registered in Scotland 89839 > > This message may contain confidential or proprietary > information. If you receive this message in error, please > immediately delete it, destroy all copies of it and notify the sender. > You must not use or disclose any part of this message if you are not the > intended recipient. We may monitor all Email communication through our > networks. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the message states otherwise. > > We take reasonable precautions to ensure our Emails are virus free. > However, we cannot accept responsibility for any virus transmitted by us > and recommend that you subject any incoming Email to your own virus > checking procedures. > > Wolfson Microelectronics Limited is a company > incorporated in Scotland having its Registered Office at > 20 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
