gnutar with large files

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From: brian
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:24

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I am using gnutar to do multi-volume backups.  I have been
experiencing some wierd things that I think have something
to do with the size of a file crossing a volume.

The file size is ~114 MB.  The backup (cvMf) seems to go well,
but listing (tvMf), or comparing (dvMf) the backup yields a
message regarding the volumes being out of sequence.

If I try to list (tvf) the second volume, I get...

M--------- 0/0 24281600 Dec 31 16:00 1969 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGD0--Continued at 
byte 90314240--
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 98764 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGE0
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 1778752 Sep  9 12:52 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGH0
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG  586440 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGJ0
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG   45880 Apr 27 12:16 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB920
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG     512 Mar 13 19:09 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB930
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 9122752 Sep  9 11:49 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM910
...
 
and the end of the first volume lists like

...
-rw-rw-r-- kevirv/HOACCTG     83257 Sep 10 08:43 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGFH0
-rw-rw-r-- patliv/HOACCTG    821504 Sep 10 10:21 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGFR0
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 9122752 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM920
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 5046784 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGM930
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG   45880 Jan 10 08:49 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGB910
-rw-rw-r-- sysadmin/HOACCTG 114595840 Sep 10 10:11 1992 vd0/bbx/fil0/IGGD0

so I do know that the file continues properly.

what could be going on here ??

brian
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Brian J. Murrell                                        brian@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca
InterLinx Support Services, Inc.                        uunet!van-bc!ilinx!brian
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Subject: gnutar with large files
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