all linux distros should be using GNU tar. the original non-GNU tar should
only be found on proprietary systems.
On 12/26/07, Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sean writes:
>
> > I'm backing up a Linux server via SSH+tar, and it keeps aborting with
> > a file name as the error. Most files backups just fine however.
> > The file names are not unusual, except that they have spaces in them.
> > If I delete the file the name thing happens with files further down.
> >
> > The botton of the XferLOG:
> > create d2775 503/103 0 data/dir/dir 2/otherdir
> > create d2775 503/103 0 data/dir/dir 2/dir3
> > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 2203 filesExist, 1326938799 sizeExist,
> > 1326938799 sizeExistComp, 2204 filesTotal, 1326938831 sizeTotal
> > Got fatal error during xfer (./data/dir/dir 2/dir3/)
> > Backup aborted (./data/dir/dir 2/dir3//)
> >
> > I'm using the exact same (standard) SSH+tar method for several Linux
> > servers. The problematic one is a Suse 9.1.
> > The Backuppc server is running Ubuntu 7.10 with the debian package for
> > Backuppc v3.0.0.
> >
> > I tried
> > - restart backuppc, making sure all ssh sessions were stopped.
> > - removing some problematic files
> > - waiting the syslog on the problematic server, to see if there was disk
> errors
> >
> > Any ideas, tips or suggestions please?
>
> Looks carefully at the version of tar on the Suse 9.1 system.
> Is it GNU tar, and if so, what version is it?
>
> Craig
>
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