ben@it3.crl.mei.co.jp ([STL]Ben Reaves) (10/02/90)
Here's a bug that is worth letting everyone know:
cd /u
tar cvf /dev/nrctp arai
will NOT put all files & directories under /u/arai on the tape.
Just found that out recently. Evidently "tar cvf /dev/nrctp /u/arai"
would be OK.
QUESTION: Is "cd /u/arai ; tar cvf /dev/nrctp ." safe? Have you ever had
any trouble with this form of tar command?
-- Ben
ben@it3.crl.mei.co.jp
P.S.: According to Concurrent (Japan), this is NOT fixed in RTU 5.0
Yappari Masscomp.
I was recently bitten by this bug, after making a tape for someone to bring
overseas; when he arrived, he called me to complain that I had not put all the
files on the tape!
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