Error in tar command

[cliff here]

I agree I think tar is getting confused about the expression of the wildcard
when you are creating the archive.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:57 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:

> > Hi experts i have error on tar command when i hit  *tar -cvfM /dev/nst2*
> > *
> > /DATA*   command. it have to creat multiple volume tape cartridge  (IBM
> > 3592)
> > but it give
> >
> > *tar: M: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > *
> > Error  Date size is 3.07 TB
>
> man tar.
>
> Now, let's look at this... you're creating a tarfile named /dev/nst2* and
> you're putting into it * and /DATA*? And what's the * in front of the tar
> command?
>
> What happens if you do
> $ tar -cvMf /dev/nst2 ./* /DATA*
> ?
>    mark
>
>
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