I'll have to get back to you on running the command by itself. My tar
version is: tar (GNU tar) 1.13

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:jlb17 AT duke DOT edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:21 AM
To: LaValley, Brian E
Cc: Amanda (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Estimate timeout


On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 at 11:01am, LaValley, Brian E wrote

> sendsize: debug 1 pid 12359 ruid 548 euid 548: start at Mon Aug 29
18:00:02
> 2005
> sendsize: version 2.4.4p2
> sendsize[12359]: time 0.034: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running
> sendsize[12361]: time 0.035: calculating for amname
> '/dev/vx/dsk/homedg/homevol', dirname '/home', spindle -1
> sendsize[12361]: time 0.035: getting size via gnutar for
> /dev/vx/dsk/homedg/homevol level 0
> sendsize[12361]: time 0.092: spawning
/home/backup/amanda_sun/libexec/runtar
> in pipeline
> sendsize[12361]: argument list: /opt/sfw/bin/gtar --create --file
/dev/null
> --directory /home --one-file-system --listed-incremental
>
/home/backup/amanda_sun/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coneng_dev_vx_dsk_homedg_hom
> evol_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from
> /tmp/amanda/sendsize._dev_vx_dsk_homedg_homevol.20050829180002.exclude .

Run this command yourself on the command line (as root) and see how long 
it take to complete.  Also, what version of tar are you running?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University