From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 16 20:56:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.noos.fr (zola.noos.net [212.198.2.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B609E37B404 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 20:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11448708 invoked by uid 0); 17 May 2002 03:56:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gits.gits.dyndns.org) ([212.198.230.194]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.76 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 17 May 2002 03:56:27 -0000 Received: from gits.gits.dyndns.org (jnsg1j7dxa2o6pqz@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4H3uQi2001621; Fri, 17 May 2002 05:56:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@gits.dyndns.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4H3uLxA001620; Fri, 17 May 2002 05:56:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <200205170356.g4H3uLxA001620@gits.gits.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: Tar broken for large files? In-Reply-To: <20020514201403.A38469@metron.com> To: Lou Katz Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 05:56:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Cyrille Lefevre Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net X-Face: V|+c;4!|B?E%BE^{E6);aI.[< List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On May 14, 2002 08:14:03 pm -0700, Lou Katz wrote: > Obviousls, tar is not copying things correctly. Is this a known bug? > # tar --version > GNU tar version 1.11.2 did you try w/ the port version of GNU tar, not the base system one ? # type gtar gtar is /usr/local/bin/gtar # gtar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 also, how about using pax ? FYI, for writting, use pax -w -x ustar -f /dev/sa0 and for reading, use pax -r -pp -f /dev/sa0 Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message