Amanda error "Unexpected field value..."

the following are errors in my amanda mail report. Both mailrelay and
coriolis are Window machines running cygwin.

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  mailrelay  /local                              lev 1  FAILED [no backup
size line]
  mailrelay  /cygdrive/c/Alligate/agbackupfiles  lev 1  FAILED [no backup
size line]
  coriolis   /local                              lev 1  FAILED [no backup
size line]

the backup ran find yesterday and then today I get these errors.

******Here is the sendbackup...debug file for 20060906 ( the good run)
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sendbackup: debug 1 pid 2388 ruid 18 euid 18: start at Wed Sep  6 20:16:04
2006
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/sendbackup: version 2.4.5p1
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `/local'
                     device `/local'
                     level 0
                     since 1970:1:1:0:0:0
                     options `|;bsd-auth;index;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.536
sendbackup: time 0.015: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.537
sendbackup: time 0.015: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.538
sendbackup: time 0.015: waiting for connect on 536, then 537, then 538
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.62757
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.62758
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.62759
sendbackup: time 0.031: got all connections
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.062: doing level 0 dump as listed-incremental to
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/corioli
s_local_0.new
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.062: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01
0:00:00 GMT
sendbackup: time 0.093: spawning /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/runtar
in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory /local
--one-file-system --listed-incremental /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p
1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coriolis_local_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read
--totals .
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.125: /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/runtar:
pid 2660
sendbackup: time 0.250: started index creator: "/bin/tar -tf - 2>/dev/null |
sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup: time 3.093:  53:    size(|): Total bytes written: 3819520
(3.7MiB, 1.4MiB/s)
sendbackup: time 3.312: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 3.328: pid 2388 finish time Wed Sep  6 20:16:08 2006
sendbackup.20060906201604.debug (END)

******Here is the sendbackup....debug for 20060907 (the one with the error)
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sendbackup: debug 1 pid 3892 ruid 18 euid 18: start at Thu Sep  7 20:17:07
2006
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/sendbackup: version 2.4.5p1
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `/local'
                     device `/local'
                     level 1
                     since 2006:9:7:0:16:4
                     options `|;bsd-auth;index;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.015: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.951
sendbackup: time 0.015: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.952
sendbackup: time 0.015: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.953
sendbackup: time 0.015: waiting for connect on 951, then 952, then 953
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.44647
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.44648
sendbackup: time 0.031: stream_accept: connection from 128.210.3.177.44649
sendbackup: time 0.031: got all connections
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.078: doing level 1 dump as listed-incremental from
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/co
riolis_local_0 to
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coriolis_local_1.new
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.078: doing level 1 dump from date: 2006-09-07
0:16:04 GMT
sendbackup: time 0.109: spawning /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/runtar
in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory /local
--one-file-system --listed-incremental /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4
.5p1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coriolis_local_1.new --sparse
--ignore-failed-read --totals .
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.140: /local/Amanda/amanda-2.4.5p1/libexec/runtar:
pid 2992
sendbackup: time 0.281: started index creator: "/bin/tar -tf - 2>/dev/null |
sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup: time 0.687: 125: strange(?): gtar: Unexpected field value in
snapshot file
sendbackup: time 0.687: 125: strange(?): gtar: Error is not recoverable:
exiting now
sendbackup: time 1.124: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 1.156: error [no backup size line]
sendbackup: time 1.156: pid 3892 finish time Thu Sep  7 20:17:08 2006

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The difference is that the good run was a level 0 and the run with the error
was a level 1.

coriolis->[46] > tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.91

gtar is a link to tar.

What is the "Unexpected field value"?

Thanks

Robert


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