On 08Apr2010 10:57, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > Hi experts i have error on tar command when i hit *tar -cvfM /dev/nst2* | > * | > /DATA* command. it have to creat multiple volume tape cartridge (IBM | > 3592) | > but it give | > | > *tar: M: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes | > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now | > * | > Error Date size is 3.07 TB | | man tar. | | Now, let's look at this... you're creating a tarfile named /dev/nst2* and | you're putting into it * and /DATA*? And what's the * in front of the tar | command? | | What happens if you do | $ tar -cvMf /dev/nst2 ./* /DATA* | ? I think he's just marking out the command with "*", as one might with quotes. So he's really running: tar -cvfM /dev/nst2 /DATA which is perfectly sane. _IF_ the -M option exists on his system. It looks to me that his tar command is misparsing the command line options and sucking the "M" into the "f" option, and trying to write to it. I would try just skipping the "M" altogether - tar is supposed to space media automatically anyway, and just go: tar cvf /dev/nst2 /DATA (Note: _no_ dash "-" in the command above.) Also check the permissions on /dev/nst2 (uness you're root) and later try: tar cvMf /dev/nst2 /DATA It's quite possible that using the leading "-" in the tar options is changing how its parsing them. It "real" tar you don't need or use the dash, and "f" grabs the next command line word, regardless of what follows it. But _with_ a dash perhaps your tar is switching into conventional option parsing where text following the "f" is taken as its argument (i.e., the "M", thus the error). Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time. - Stephen Wright -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
