Sorry, had a typo in my post above...I appended (>>), I didn't overwrite (>).
However, point taken about creating a new file. I've done that and is working. Thanks. For anyone coming from google, the temp solution on Ubuntu 18.04 is: # echo dash > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/zz-lp-1793056 (Just remember to clean up zz-lp-1793056 once the problem is fixed in future package release). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1793056 Title: On Ubuntu 18.04 virt-copy-out fails with "tar: This does not look like a tar archive" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libguestfs/+bug/1793056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs