Re: tar problem

2004-07-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004, Bruce Hunter wrote: > I am trying to archive this directory for backup purposes. I am getting > this error when trying to create a new tar file. > > Solisix/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] su > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tar -c Solisix/ > tar: /dev/sa0: Cannot open: Operation not su

Re: tar problem

2004-07-01 Thread Roop Nanuwa
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 22:28:23 -0400, Bruce Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, I got it to work. How would I include the current system date > like this. > > #tar -cvf Solisix-$USER.tar Solisix/ <--- with current user.. > > I want the date instead.. > > #tar -cvf Solisix-$date.tar

Re: tar problem

2004-07-01 Thread Roop Nanuwa
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:36:44 -0400, Bruce Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to archive this directory for backup purposes. I am getting > this error when trying to create a new tar file. > > Solisix/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] su > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tar -c Solisix/ > tar: /de

Re: tar problem

2004-07-01 Thread Bruce Hunter
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 22:23, Roop Nanuwa wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:36:44 -0400, Bruce Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to archive this directory for backup purposes. I am getting > > this error when trying to create a new tar file. > > > > Solisix/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tar Problem??

2003-06-28 Thread Gerard Samuel
Matthew Seaman wrote: The filesystem you're writing to doesn't have sufficient inodes available to create all of the files from the tarball. Effectively you need an inode for each file you create. Inodes are created at the time the filesystem is generated: the newfs(8) command has an option to se

Re: Tar Problem??

2003-06-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 03:43:25AM -0400, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Gerard Samuel wrote: > > >Im uncompressing a file via tar, and Im getting this error -> > >/files: create/symlink failed, no inodes free > >tar: mpn2/themes/css/mail/mail.css: Cannot open: No such file or > >directory > >tar: Error

Re: Tar Problem??

2003-06-28 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Im uncompressing a file via tar, and Im getting this error -> /files: create/symlink failed, no inodes free tar: mpn2/themes/css/mail/mail.css: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Is this a "tar" or filesystem error?? I forgot