Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:23:52 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Jaime <jaime@snowmoon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar dies on making tape backup Message-ID: <44C580B8.8030909@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <ECE0BD2A-18C9-42E8-8C9A-44062ADD6FB6@snowmoon.com> References: <3ABD124B-04D2-4861-84A1-6EC27F1466D2@snowmoon.com> <44C556B0.8090501@ywave.com> <ECE0BD2A-18C9-42E8-8C9A-44062ADD6FB6@snowmoon.com>
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Jaime wrote: > On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Micah wrote: >> I had the same problem recently and Google told me to look for files >> with malformed dates. I used "find" to search for files dated before >> Jan 1, 1970, and found one dated 1901. As soon as I "touch"ed the >> problematic file, tar worked. > > Many thanks. When I get to work tomorrow, I'll use find. I'll have > to check the man page for the right parameters (I don't usually search > by date) but I think that I can handle that. ;) > > Anyway, like I said, the help is much appreciated. > > Jaime To save you some time, from my notes: #finds all files modified before 1971 find / ! -newermt "1971-01-01 20:30" HTH, Micah
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