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- From: gnu@cygnus.com
- Subject: Exit Status Codes for GNU TAR
- Message-ID: <9211210500.AA08663@raisin-nut>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: Gnus Not Usenet
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:49:26 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Lines: 43
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- GNU Tar is based on my old "pdtar" program, but it is about five years
- further evolved. The right address for your message is
- bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. You can also read the newsgroup
- gnu.utils.bug, which is pretty much the same thing.
-
- John Gilmore
-
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- From: plarkin@iphase.com (Patrick Larkin)
- Message-Id: <9211201401.AA25390@coolcat.iphase.com>
- Subject: Exit Status Codes for GNU TAR
- To: gnu@cygnus.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 8:01:36 CST
- Cc: tdawson@coolcat.iphase.com (Tim Dawson),
- plarkin@coolcat.iphase.com (Patrick Larkin)
-
- Well guys (& gals), I've inherited a system that uses your 'tar' command.
- I've searched many MAN pages, rooted through the gnu tar source and
- examined "The tar Manual: DRAFT" and cant find a defininition of the
- exit status codes for gnu tar.
-
- I know 2 of them: 3=end of media or tape drive not-ready (OFFLINE, WPRT, etc)
- and '137' is acheived by executing a 'kill' on the process. What
- "scares" me is when I get an exit status of "32781".
-
- Please send me a list of the exit status codes and their definitions,
- or point me to the right system MAN pages (if you're getting them elsewhere)
-
- Also, Is there a newsgroup I should follow?
-
- (trying to setup guidlines for a non-tech to run our backups & do
- minor problem diagnosis/recovery)
-
- Thanks so much - In advance - for your help,
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