Re: [Bug-tar] tar V1.15.91 does not include all top-level directories

[Pawel Debski]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Czesc Pawle,
> 
>> tar czpf bk.tar.gz / --exclude=/proc --exclude=bk.tar.gz
>>
>> after half an hour waiting I look into the archive to get
>> scared that no /home and few other top-level dirs were not
>> archived.
> 
> What directories were missing? Have you tried version 1.16.1?
> 
> Regards,
> Sergey
> 
>  
> 

Priwiet Sergiej,

I have reviewed various archives made with various options and I've
noticed that tar exits silently on the /sys/module/8250/parameters/probe_rsa

i.e. any files that come after that one do not get to the archive.

When I've done --exclude=/sys it started to work.

Abstracting from whether it makes sense to back-up /sys or not I have
the feeling that tar should not exit silently making me believe that the
archive is valid.

Or do I make a mistake somewhere?

I have a little trouble uploading V1.16.1 to this machine but nothing in
the release notes was suggesting that the problem was corrected.

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