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- From: brian@ilinx.wimsey.bc.CA
- Subject: gnutar with large files
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.232446.1296@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: InterLinx Support Services Inc.
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:24:46 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- I am using gnutar to do multi-volume backups. I have been
- experiencing some wierd things that I think have something
- to do with the size of a file crossing a volume.
-
- The file size is ~114 MB. The backup (cvMf) seems to go well,
- but listing (tvMf), or comparing (dvMf) the backup yields a
- message regarding the volumes being out of sequence.
-
- If I try to list (tvf) the second volume, I get...
-
- M--------- 0/0 24281600 Dec 31 16:00 1969 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGD0--Continued at
- byte 90314240--
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 98764 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGE0
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 1778752 Sep 9 12:52 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGH0
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 586440 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGJ0
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 45880 Apr 27 12:16 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB920
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 512 Mar 13 19:09 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB930
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 9122752 Sep 9 11:49 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM910
- ...
-
- and the end of the first volume lists like
-
- ...
- -rw-rw-r-- kevirv/HOACCTG 83257 Sep 10 08:43 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGFH0
- -rw-rw-r-- patliv/HOACCTG 821504 Sep 10 10:21 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGFR0
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 9122752 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM920
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 5046784 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM930
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 45880 Jan 10 08:49 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB910
- -rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 114595840 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGD0
-
- so I do know that the file continues properly.
-
- what could be going on here ??
-
- brian
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