Ben Paley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry. left off some information that might come in handy! > > me$ uname -srm > FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE i386 > me$ pkg_info | grep tar > gtar-1.15.1_1 GNU version of the traditional tar archiver > startup-notification-0.8_1 Library that supports startup notification spec > from freede
You're obviously not *using* gnu tar, because you would be getting errors on the -l option if you were. > me$ > > Thanks, > Ben > > > tar -cLvy -f /usr/home/me/backup/backup.tar.bz2 /usr/home/me/backup/source/ > > > > When source/usr/home/me/public_html is empty then it runs fine. But when I > > put any links in, tar dies with a segmentation fault. > > > > Has anyone got any ideas why? No. I can't reproduce the problem here, using the system tar on RELENG_6 (couple of weeks old). _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"