[CentOS] Another Tar stopper

[Robert Moskowitz]

Will McDonald wrote:
> On 12/09/06, Barry L. Kline <blkline at attglobal.net> wrote:
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>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> > So I switched over to init 3 and ran the tar process from the text 
>> session.
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>> > Still got this error.
>> >
>> > How do I figure out what is wrong and how do I find any similar
>> > show-stoppers?
>> >
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>> That error is frequently caused by a lock or with the file changing
>> while being backed up.  Use the verbose option with tar, then scan down
>> through the log to find out what happened.   If you have a non-fatal
>> error early on in the execution of tar you'll receive notice of it at
>> the end of execution.
>
> I'd send STDOUT and STDERR to separate logs for brevity's sake.
> Something like...
>
> tar czvf $destfile $tobetarred > /tmp/tarlog.std 2> /tmp/tarlog.err
Doubt if it would be for brevity sake, rather the ablity to see all that 
happened!

And forgot about standerr....