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Re: tar

 
sreejith_4
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tar

Hi,

I am getting following error while executing tar,

/tools/opt/bin/tar: uid_t value 18446744073709551614 too large (max=16777215); substituting 60001
/tools/opt/bin/tar: uid_t value 18446744073709551614 too large (max=16777215); substituting 60001


pls help

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Henk Geurts
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Re: tar

hi Sreejith
It is as Harry discribes in thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=625179

tar can't handle your large userids and replaces them.

what is the output of :
what /usr/bin/tar
?

regards.
sreejith_4
Frequent Advisor

Re: tar

Thanx