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Re: [Bug-tar] file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume heade

From: Joerg Schilling
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume header
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:09:03 +0100
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Curt Blank <address@hidden> wrote:

> Is this ever going to be addressed when spanning tapes?
>
> tar: data04/N/Program Files/MGI/MGI PhotoSuite 4/Content 
> Files/ContentHD/CAT_Web Templates/images/twisted2.jpg: file name too long 
> to be stored in a GNU multivolume header
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> The backup then fails and terminates at that point.

The method used by GNU tar has conceptional problems, star 
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/ uses a different method for
multi volume archives that does not fail.

Jörg

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