Error with tar command.-Updated

From: PABLO CESAR SALAZAR ALEMAN <psalazar_at_cydsa.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:02:03 -0600

Hi managers,

     i have a problem with tar command. i have a shell script to backup. The
command
     that i use to is:

     tar -cvsp -f /dev/nrmt0h /dir1/dir2

     under dir2 there is a directory structur like this:

          dir3_1
               dir4_1
               dir4_2
                     :
                               :
               dir4_n
          dir3_2
               dir5_1
               dir5_2
                    :
                    :
               dir5_n
          dir3_3
               :
               :
               :
          dir3_n

     then, when i want restore the information on any directory i use this
command:
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     # mt rewind

     tar -xvsp -f /dev/nrmt0h /dir1/dir2/dir3_3

     then i have this error:

     blocksize = 20
     tar: /dev/nrmt0h : This doesn't look like a tar archive
     tar: /dev/nrmt0h : Skipping to next file...
     tar: Memory allocation failed for extended data while reading : Not enough
space

     then, i use this command:

     tar -xvsp -f /dev/nrmt0h /dir1/dir2/dir3_3/dir4_2

     the same error,

     too i use this command:

     tar -svsp -f /dev/nrmt0h /dir1/dir2

     the same error again.

Any idea about this tar messages????

Thanks in advanced.

Pablo Salazar
Received on Mon Feb 19 2001 - 23:08:02 NZDT