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Date:      Sat, 22 Jul 2000 02:15:22 +0530
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        System Administrator <admin@chemcomp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tar bug???
Message-ID:  <20000722021522.A8449@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
In-Reply-To: <3978A6F6.55C3E578@chemcomp.com>; from admin@chemcomp.com on Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:39:34PM -0400
References:  <3978A6F6.55C3E578@chemcomp.com>

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System Administrator said on Jul 21, 2000 at 15:39:34:
> 
> I was about to submit a PR when a doubt crossed my mind. Is this a bug
> or a "feature"?
> 
> $ tar -f /home/backup/arch.tar -A -v -C /net /net/basil
> tar: Segmentation fault
> $
> 
> Curiously, no core is dumped, so I cannot really debug (?) the problem.
> How could I? Why isn't there a core anyways?

It would dump core only if it has write permission in the current
working directory.  Try running the same command from your
home directory, if you aren't doing that already.  

Looks like a bug to me.  

Rahul.


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