Error with tar command

From: PABLO CESAR SALAZAR ALEMAN <psalazar_at_cydsa.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:52:52 -0500

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:

# 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.

Thanks in advanced.
Pablo Salazar
Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 22:02:08 NZST