On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 02:38:04PM +0100, Sebastian Kösters enlightened us:
> I found this in /tmp/amanda on the client
> 
> sendsize: debug 1 pid 25485 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Nov  3 14:00:25
> 2005
> sendsize: version 2.4.3
> sendsize[25487]: time 0.002: calculating for amname '/pst', dirname '/pst',
> spindle -1
> sendsize[25487]: time 0.002: getting size via gnutar for /pst level 0
> sendsize[25487]: time 0.003: spawning /usr/lib/amanda/runtar in pipeline
> sendsize[25487]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null
> --directory /pst --one-file-system --listed-incremental
> /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/pst_p
> st_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals .
> sendsize[25485]: time 0.023: waiting for any estimate child
> sendsize[25487]: time 1519.255: .....
> sendsize[25487]: estimate time for /pst level 0: 1519.252
> sendsize[25487]: no size line match in /bin/tar output for "/pst"
> sendsize[25487]: .....
> sendsize[25487]: estimate size for /pst level 0: -1 KB
> sendsize[25487]: time 1519.255: waiting for /bin/tar "/pst" child
> sendsize[25487]: time 1519.256: after /bin/tar "/pst" wait
> sendsize[25485]: time 1519.256: child 25487 terminated with signal 13
> sendsize: time 1519.257: pid 25485 finish time Thu Nov  3 14:25:44 2005
>  
> 
> whats that: no size line match in /bin/tar output for "/pst"
>
> and that: size for /pst level 0: -1 KB ??
>

What version of tar is this?

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Matt Hyclak
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