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Article #187Re: tar 1.10 Memory fault - core dumped
From: Pierce Cantrell
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 08:21
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 08:21
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In article <9207301504.AA10235@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes: >> From: Kit Wang <kitw@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> >> We do backup by gnu-tar and pipe to dd. Some students here at OSU >> sometimes creates some bad filenames and that cause tar core dumped >> and the backup aborted. What is the max length of filename that tar >> allowed? Do you have a patch for tar that skip the bad filename >> and go on to next file? Thank you for your help. > There is no limit no name length. There is a limit to name length if the user is doing a non-sparse, multivolume archive. gnutar 1.10 will core dump if a file with a long name is split across two volumes in the non-sparse mode. This is a good reason to use the sparse mode which does not have this problem. -- Pierce E. Cantrell | cantrell@ee.tamu.edu Department of Electrical Engineering | Texas A&M University | tel: (409) 845-7441 College Station, Texas 77843-3128 | fax: (409) 845-6259
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Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!cantrell.tamu.edu!pierce From: pierce@cantrell.tamu.edu (Pierce Cantrell) Subject: Re: tar 1.10 Memory fault - core dumped Message-ID: <1992Aug1.182122.29181@tamsun.tamu.edu> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: cantrell@ee.tamu.edu Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station References: <9207301504.AA10235@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Distribution: gnu Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 08:21:49 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 22