Well, the tar command by itself is still running, but the backup with the
new version of tar is complete, so my "estimate timeout" problem is fixed
with an updated tar executable. Thank you all.

-----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