>Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Resent-From: Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Resent-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Resent-Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 22:03:02 GMT >Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 21:55:22 +0000 (GMT) >From: Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/7394 >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >The command: > > tar -cvf backup:9Nov95.tar /home > >segfaults and dumps core without even beginning to write the archive. > >(I know tar is as buggy as hell, and I don't expect this one to get >fixed, but it's nice to dream!) > >Austin > I have reported this as a bug earlier. Just recently I discovered a workaround. For instance, if the user id on the remote machine is foo, then type
tar -cvf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:9Nov95.tar /home and it will work correctly. Maybe that is the correct way to do it? -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
