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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: tar to remote devices Date: 20 Feb 1995 19:07:27 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3iap9f$k14@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <WCP.95Feb13154951@lpds.lpds.com> <LOWELL.95Feb14103625@quern.epilogue.com> <LOWELL.95Feb17175432@quern.epilogue.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lowell Gilbert (lowell@epilogue.com) wrote: [stuff deleted] : If you recall my original description of the situation, a different : tar executable (the one from the previous version of FreeBSD) works : fine. This is confusing because the sources for tar seem to have the : same version number as the older ones. Is it anything to do with /proc ? Tar falls over in a heap (sig 11) when it sees one of those nasty files that aren't really files in /proc/* -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....