Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:27:39 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Jaime <jaime@snowmoon.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quantum tape drive Message-ID: <20090128212739.GB74728@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <ae4324ed0901281238u4f1a1ddo400407115e6491f2@mail.gmail.com> References: <ae4324ed0901281136v80fd634t1cbed1f73170c2ef@mail.gmail.com> <20090128202349.GD63837@dan.emsphone.com> <ae4324ed0901281238u4f1a1ddo400407115e6491f2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 03:38:43PM -0500, Jaime wrote: > > > > In the last episode (Jan 28), Jaime said: > >> /usr/bin/tar -cvpX /usr/local/etc/backups/skiplist-relative.txt -f /dev/sa0 -C / . [...] > Any other thoughts before I try to OS update and the larger block size? You list -v as a tar option. Is tar sticking on a file? Another question is whether or not tar could be getting caught in a hard link or symbolic link infinite loop? Look for duplicates in the output. uniq(1) should be of assistance. Perhaps uniq needs a sort(1) to preprocess, I forget? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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