>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Denniston >Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:34 AM >To: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC) >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Anomally in backing up repository using tar > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I have a cron job that runs every 11:00pm that tars >> the whole cvsroot tree >> > tar -czv /path/cvsroot.tar /cvsroot >> It runs but I have an anomally in my tar files. 8/10 >> I get a file size of around 2MB, but 2/10, I get one >> at 450MB. I don't bother locking the repository since >> I only have 4 users, and I KNOW that none of us are >> using it. Any explanation to this anomally from CVS's >> point of view? > >tar -tzvf /path/cvsroot.tar >and look for the realy big file, or the one you did not expect. > >if df /cvsroot |tail -1 |awk '{print $1}'| grep \:\/ > >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "nfs"; else echo "not nfs"; fi If >/cvsroot is on nfs, let us know. > >-- >Todd Denniston >Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) >Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter >
Thanks. The /cvsroot (repository) is NOT NFS mounted. However, the location of the tar file is. IOW, in my example, /path is NFS mounted. -chris _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
