On 17 Feb 2006, Andy Hawkins wrote: > Hi, > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Anthony Campbell<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm using the current tar version from Unstable to back up my home > > partition. > > > > If I do "tar -cvf home.tar /home/ac" everything seems to go correctly > > but ends with the message "Error exit delayed from previous errors". > > Capture stderr to a file (tar -cvf home.tar /home/ac 2>/logfile.txt) and > check through that. Somewhere there'll be an error (perhaps a file that > couldn't be read) > > Andy >
Many thanks for this - yes, I was able to track the offending directories in this way. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
