On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 16:16, Michael ODonnell wrote:
 
> As another shot-in-the-dark you could try saying:
> 
>    strace yourArchivingApp yourNormalCommandLineOptions
> 
> ...and then (stand back!) watch the blizzard of
> syscalls (and their return values) fly by, which might
> yield a clue as to whether the app is submitting a
> bogus request to the system or the system is returning
> an unexpected response to a legitimate request.

I'll try that next.  :-)

Is it possible that the directory I'm backing up has gotten too big for
the tape?  The tape *says* 12 GB and the directory is only 8.5 GB.  I
still don't get why it would just stop working.  Oh well, we'll keep
trying. 

Thanks.

--charlie

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