Could not stat error message

[Jean-Pierre Radley]

Joe Burns typed (on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:43:38PM -0400):
| I am trying to create a "tar" output file of the "/usr2" filesystem into a
| storage location on a different volume - for the purposes of this, we'll
| call the new location "/usr3". The "/usr3" location does not currently have
| a copy of this output file and there is more than enough room on the "/usr3"
| filesystem for the output. Also, I am running this "tar" command while
| logged in as "root". The command being used is:
|
| tar cvf /usr2 /usr3/newfile
|
| When I do this, the command runs and the tar command appears to work
| correctly until the end of the job when I get the error stating that the job
| could not stat "/usr3/newfile" and the output file is never created. What
| is causing this error and how do I fix it?
|

By contructing your command properly:

tar cvf /usr3/newfile /usr2

[I'd find this more mnemonically useful:

tar cvf /usr3/usr2.tar /usr2
]

--
JP

[Stuart J. Browne]

"Joe Burns" <joeburns@callageek.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to create a "tar" output file of the "/usr2" filesystem into

a

> storage location on a different volume - for the purposes of this, we'll
> call the new location "/usr3". The "/usr3" location does not currently

have

> a copy of this output file and there is more than enough room on the

"/usr3"

> filesystem for the output. Also, I am running this "tar" command while
> logged in as "root". The command being used is:
>
> tar cvf /usr2 /usr3/newfile
>
> When I do this, the command runs and the tar command appears to work
> correctly until the end of the job when I get the error stating that the

job

> could not stat "/usr3/newfile" and the output file is never created.

What

> is causing this error and how do I fix it?

How much data is on /usr2/ ? More than 2GB?

As you've failed to say which OS you're actually using, it's hard to say
exactally which fault causes this.

I'm picking it's the usual 2GB file-size limit which is in place on most of
the SCO Unix/Unixware products (Unixware after 7 has 'largefile' abilities
though).

If you want to create a backup-file (image-file), then you might want to
compress it as you go, rather than creating a flat-file first.

Give us details, and we'll give 'em back.

bkx

[Joe Burns]

Sorry for the delay in responding and thanks. I was on vacation. All I can
say is "Oops". This shows that I don't work enough with SCO to try to do
these commands by memory. I should have had the cheat sheet with me.

Thanks for the help. I'm sure that I can get the project done.

Joe Burns

"Stuart J. Browne" <stuart@promed.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message
> news:20030812023007.GA6778@jpradley.jpr.com...

> > Joe Burns typed (on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:43:38PM -0400):
> > | I am trying to create a "tar" output file of the "/usr2" filesystem

> into a

> > | storage location on a different volume - for the purposes of this,

> we'll

> > | call the new location "/usr3". The "/usr3" location does not

currently

> have

> > | a copy of this output file and there is more than enough room on the

> "/usr3"

> > | filesystem for the output. Also, I am running this "tar" command

while

> > | logged in as "root". The command being used is:
> > |
> > | tar cvf /usr2 /usr3/newfile
> > |
> > | When I do this, the command runs and the tar command appears to work
> > | correctly until the end of the job when I get the error stating that

> the job

> > | could not stat "/usr3/newfile" and the output file is never created.

> What

> > | is causing this error and how do I fix it?
> > |
> >
> > By contructing your command properly:
> >
> > tar cvf /usr3/newfile /usr2
> >
> > [I'd find this more mnemonically useful:
> >
> > tar cvf /usr3/usr2.tar /usr2
> > ]

>
> wow.. completely missed that ..
>
>