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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Farinella Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 603.924.6079 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss