tar output

MehdiFarokhi · 07-26-2009, 10:40 AM

Hi

I am looking for tar command output kinds. for example what mean if I get "tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now" or "EOF".

Is there any table that show tar output and meaning of them?

Best Regards

jdkaye · 07-26-2009, 10:50 AM

Have a look here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manu...n/verbose.html

Cheers,
jdk

MehdiFarokhi · 07-26-2009, 11:12 AM

How can I get kind of error, when I use tar?

MehdiFarokhi · 07-26-2009, 11:34 AM

Many thanks for reply.

I found something in Sybex Linux system administration book :

Unfortunately, the tar command won't allow you to compress a multi-volume backup. If you attempt to do so, you will get following error:
tar: Cannot use multi-volume compressed archives
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

http://books.google.com/books?id=97n...e:+exiting+now

but I was extracting :
# tar -xf /dev/st0

Out put :
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: home/shares/SupplyChain/jghods/DESKTOP 111/untitled folder 2: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 19:00:00
tar: home/shares/SupplyChain/jghods/DESKTOP 111: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 19:00:00
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Also if is it possible expaline more about time stamp?

Regards