topic Re: tar foo in Operating System - HP-UX

tar foo

jerry1 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:34:57 GMT

When I try to tar a directory on HP-UX 11i I
get the following error message near the end
of the last files in the directory:

tar cvf dir.tar dir

.
.
rw-rw---- 202/101 209723392 Oct 27 05:11 2004 edcr1p.tmp/vault_sces_index.dbf
Tar: end of tape
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to quit.

If I try to look at the tar I get:

tar tvf dir.tar

Tar: error! blocksize changed

Total size of the directory is 2.5gig:
2587692 edcr1p/

Re: tar foo

Cheryl Griffin — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:44:25 GMT

You might need PHCO_28992 in case you have largefiles that are being backed up.

Patch Name: PHCO_28992 s700_800 11.11 tar(1) cumulative patch

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/patchDocDisplay.do?patchId=PHCO_28992

Re: tar foo

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:45:49 GMT

Have you run past the end of a tape or filled the disk?

Do you have the tar patch that allowslarger files?

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

Is the filesystem you are writing to set up for largefiles?

SEP

Re: tar foo

Geoff Wild — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:46:41 GMT

Sounds like you need to use GNU tar or patch your HP version - 2GB limitation.

Check out patch:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.search|patch.breadcrumb.patchDetail{PHCO_28992,hpux:800:11:11}|&patchid=PHCO_28992&context=hpux:800:11:11

Rgds...Geoff

Re: tar foo

V. Nyga — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:57:23 GMT

Hi Jerry,

test if you have largefiles enabled.
Check which volume you use, then:
'fstyp -v /dev/vg??/lvol? |grep -i f_flag'

If f_flag = 0 then you have 2 GB max,
if f_flag = 16 then you have 8 GB max

Regards
Volkmar

P.S.
First solution could be, to give a second file name, so tar file will be splitted.