It seems that tar 1.15.91 does not work with my version of amanda. I have
dropped back to an older version of tar until I can upgrade my amanda.

Thanks

Robert


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier Nicole [mailto:on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:37 AM
> To: McGraw, Robert P.
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Amanda error "Unexpected field value..."
> 
> 
> > The difference is that the good run was a level 0 and the run with the
> error
> > was a level 1.
> > What is the "Unexpected field value"?
> 
> Well that's the problem with cygwin... We have little reference.
> 
> Apparently running level 0 gtar creates a sort of index file, to use
> in level 1 and compare files that have changed.
> 
> And it seems that in between the run 0 and 1 gtar cannot read the file
> it created.
> 
> If you look at the sendzie debug you should see a command very close
> to this one
> 
> 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 .
> 
> but that will say "gtar --create --file /dev/null ..."
> 
> Did that one completed without error?
> 
> Try to run the long gtar command by hand, with --file - and --file
> /dev/null
> 
> Tryto extract the comamnd for level 0 and run it...
> 
> Check your version of gtar.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Olivier

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