Bug#1832: Tar dumps core: film at 11
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>The command:
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> tar -cvf backup:9Nov95.tar /home
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>segfaults and dumps core without even beginning to write the archive.
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>(I know tar is as buggy as hell, and I don't expect this one to get
>fixed, but it's nice to dream!)
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>Austin
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I have reported this as a bug earlier. Just recently I discovered
a workaround. For instance, if the user id on the remote machine
is foo, then type
tar -cvf foo@backup:9Nov95.tar /home
and it will work correctly. Maybe that is the correct way to do it?
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