Re: [PLUG] tar and tape problem

[sean finney <seanius@seanius.net>]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 01:25:33PM -0800, Marc Zucchelli wrote:
> I've seen that before when just creating normal tar
> files.  How can I find the source of this problem so I
> can fix it.  I would like to automate tape backups
> with a nightly cron job and not have to worry about
> problems like this.  Any suggestions?  thanks!

well you could add a 'v' to your tar flags (eg: tar cvfz) and
the last file mentioned should be where tar died.  also, you should
check /var/log/* for errors right around the time the script
was run

hth
	sean

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