I'll have to get back to you on running the command by itself. My tar version is: tar (GNU tar) 1.13
-----Original Message----- From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:21 AM To: LaValley, Brian E Cc: Amanda (E-mail) Subject: Re: Estimate timeout On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 at 11:01am, LaValley, Brian E wrote > sendsize: debug 1 pid 12359 ruid 548 euid 548: start at Mon Aug 29 18:00:02 > 2005 > sendsize: version 2.4.4p2 > sendsize[12359]: time 0.034: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running > sendsize[12361]: time 0.035: calculating for amname > '/dev/vx/dsk/homedg/homevol', dirname '/home', spindle -1 > sendsize[12361]: time 0.035: getting size via gnutar for > /dev/vx/dsk/homedg/homevol level 0 > sendsize[12361]: time 0.092: spawning /home/backup/amanda_sun/libexec/runtar > in pipeline > sendsize[12361]: argument list: /opt/sfw/bin/gtar --create --file /dev/null > --directory /home --one-file-system --listed-incremental > /home/backup/amanda_sun/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coneng_dev_vx_dsk_homedg_hom > evol_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from > /tmp/amanda/sendsize._dev_vx_dsk_homedg_homevol.20050829180002.exclude . Run this command yourself on the command line (as root) and see how long it take to complete. Also, what version of tar are you running? -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University