Re: [Bug-tar] bug in 'file has changed as we read it'

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Michal Svoboda <address@hidden> wrote:
> And also much less accurate. Due to this tar exits with non-zero error
> code, making other processes fail even when nothing is wrong.

If you examine the exit code, you can distinguish this and other
relatively harmless errors from other, more significant errors.  See
  http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#SEC33

Amanda uses this to mark "file changed as we read it" as a STRANGE,
but not FAILED, backup.

Dustin

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