Tar command copied multiple times?
 

Has anyone seen this before? I was executing a tar in a batch mode and it copied all the files in the $FILE 4 times.


find / -fprint $FILES
cd /
tar -cvPj -T $FILES -f $BACKUPDEV \
--exclude=/proc* \
--exclude=/dev* \
--exclude=/tmp* \
--exclude=/var/lock* \
--exclude=/var/state* \
--exclude=/db2dat* \
--exclude=/usr/data* \
I redirected to a file (.log and 2>.err) and when I run a grep on any file which was copied (on the .log) returns 4 occurances

I am running CentOS 3.1
tar-1.13.25-13

" --exclude=/usr/data* \"

Do you really have a continuation on the last line of the command or is that a typo? If that \ is really on the command then your problem could be caused by whatever the next line adds to the tar command.

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Steve Stites