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errors with tar
  • From: Ron Cordell <roncordell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:40:21 -0500
  • Message-id: <200202010244.g112ib119315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I'm trying to back up my home directory using the following command from the
/home directory:

tar cvf /backup/rcordell.tar rcordell

tar gets most of the way through, then at the same place every time it stops
with the error message:

Exit delayed due to error

I can't seem to find out why it is failing; it isn't lack of disk space or
anything like that. Does anyone have an idea what might be happening? Is
there a better method to backing up a branch of a directory tree?

Thanks,

Ron Cordell

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