[plug] Using the "-X" modifier in tar

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Phillip Steege wrote:

> Mike,
> 
>   When I do a tar, the system starts normally, and then goes into an
> infinite loop with "/dev/fd" filling up the screen.  It seems to be doing a
> tar on that directory which causes it to create a file, which gets tar'd up
> and creates a file....etc..etc.

Oh, I see now. /dev/fd is a sym-link into /proc. Its the /proc pseudo file
sytem causing all the trouble. Just use the "-l" option, or exclude /proc.


Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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