Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:27:49 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0' Message-ID: <CAGwOe2bfRag6QiS_BC-xgbABHFsaTeMO69tHG6N=KyT_1x%2BnZQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9369978e-7041-3ef9-2cb4-66555054425b@holgerdanske.com> References: <9369978e-7041-3ef9-2cb4-66555054425b@holgerdanske.com>
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On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 8:59 PM, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > FreeBSD questions: > > I use GNU tar to backup files. Here is an example on Linux: > > 2017-06-18 11:46:01 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ cat /etc/debian_version > 8.8 > > 2017-06-18 11:46:31 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ uname -a > Linux jesse 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > 2017-06-18 11:46:33 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ echo $SHELL > /bin/bash > > 2017-06-18 11:47:33 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ bash --version > GNU bash, version 4.3.30(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) > Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>; > > This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > 2017-06-18 11:49:02 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ tar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1 > Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. > > 2017-06-18 11:53:31 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ tar c .icedove > dpchrist-icedove-20170618.tar > > 2017-06-18 11:53:54 dpchrist@jesse ~ > $ ls -l dpchrist-icedove-20170618.tar > -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 363581440 Jun 18 11:53 > dpchrist-icedove-20170618.tar > > > GNU tar fails on FreeBSD: > > 2017-06-18 11:48:23 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ freebsd-version > 11.0-RELEASE-p10 > > 2017-06-18 11:48:28 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd 11.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Apr 11 > 08:42:58 UTC 2017 > root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > 2017-06-18 11:48:29 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ echo $SHELL > /usr/local/bin/bash > > 2017-06-18 11:48:53 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ bash --version > GNU bash, version 4.4.5(0)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd11.0) > Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>; > > This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > 2017-06-18 11:52:11 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ gtar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.29 > Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. > > 2017-06-18 11:52:44 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ gtar c .thunderbird > dpchrist-thunderbird-20170618.tar > gtar: /dev/sa0: Cannot open: Operation not supported > gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > > BSD tar also fails: > > 2017-06-18 11:52:56 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ tar --version > bsdtar 3.2.1 - libarchive 3.2.1 zlib/1.2.8 liblzma/5.2.2 bz2lib/1.0.6 > > 2017-06-18 11:53:14 dpchrist@freebsd ~ > $ tar c .thunderbird > dpchrist-thunderbird-20170618.tar > tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0' I never used redirection that way with bsdtar. Can't you use -f? Cheers. > > > What's the problem? > > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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