> After looking more closely, I'm even more confused.  Your gnutar-lists
> files are being updated correctly, the big number on the first line is
> Unix time, so your files were done at
> level 4 - Wed Aug 21 23:45:48 2002 CDT
> level 3 - Fri Aug 16 09:58:17 2002 CDT
> level 2 - Thu Aug 15 11:27:54 2002 CDT
> level 1 - Wed Aug 14 11:45:40 2002 CDT
> 
> which means that your tar is not working as advertised.  Just to
> satisfy my curiosity, is the tar Amanda is using the version you
> think (1.13.19)?  According to the sendsize.*.debug file you posted
> earlier, Amanda is calling /bin/gtar, so run '/bin/gtar --version'
> to make sure that's the one you think it is.  

[~]% /bin/gtar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

Looks like the right version...

> You might also try experimenting
> on a smaller directory using the same command line Amanda is using
> (in sendsize debug) changing the gnutar-lists file, and play around
> to see if it always returns the full size of the directory.  Also
> consider asking on the gnu.utils.bug newsgroup.

I'll do some experimenting next week, and get back to the group.  I'm still
stumped, but now at least I have company...

Bart
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