[Bug 1243367] Re: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed
It is now going on 5 years and this bug is still alive and well. I'm trying to migrate off of 14.04.5, and need to use tar for creating backups of folders and files to analyze for migration purposes. This bug is getting in the way of my work. I copied the live folder / files to an intermediate folder / files, and tried to use tar on that, no luck; it errors out almost immediately. I am running as root and trying to create an archive of /etc. The error says: tar: ./.: file changed as we read it My instance is running as a VM in VBox SCP: Ubuntu 14.04.5, up-to-date TAR: tar --version says: tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1 Suggestions welcomed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243367 Title: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1243367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243367] Re: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed
same behaviour here: TAR 1.27.1 Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit incremental archive, both with --gzip and without tar complains about one file in one attempt, exits after archiving it. After copying the snapshot and creating the next increment, it may fail on the same file or another one. One file it just doesn´t get past is a 1.4 GB Log File, 69 MB compressed. The incremental tar has a size of 336 MB or so. (I deleted them all and can only roughly remember.) The files that tar complains about haven´t been touched in ages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243367 Title: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1243367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243367] Re: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243367 Title: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1243367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243367] Re: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed
I have the same problem with tar version 1.27.1 on ubuntu server 14.04.1. Error "tar: .: file changed as we read it" and no files are being changed. I made this research: If I repeat the tar operation the errors appear on the same files. I deleted a folder with some error files and then the error appeared in other files. If I repeat the operation then the errors keep on the same new files. After undeleting the recently deleted folder then the errors come back to the initial group of files. Each day, as the users work on their files (this is a backup procedure) the error files chage, but if I repeat the tar procedure the same night (without source file changes) the error remains in the same files. It seems to be a random error affected by the files and folders being "tarred", but I couldn't find a failure pattern. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243367 Title: tar complains about changed directory which hasn't changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1243367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
