From: rob AT devilsthumb DOT com (Rob Riggs) Subject: B19: remote tar fails 9 Apr 1998 04:32:24 -0700 Message-ID: <352A4C22.1CC93C96.cygnus.gnu-win32@DevilsThumb.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Tar from NT 3.51 machine to RedHat Linux 5.0 machine with rmt-0.3. Command issued: tar --rsh-command="//c/winnt35/system32/rsh.exe" --cvf \ rob AT mudslide:/tmp/ztest.tar . tar fails to create the /tmp/ztest.tar file if it does not exist. It exits with the error: tar: Cannot open rob AT mudslide:/tmp/ztest.tar: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Terminal readThe pipe has been ended. If i 'touch /tmp/ztest.tar' to create it, tar writes 10240 bytes to the file and exits with the error: : ./ cygnus.bat H-i386-cygwin32/ H-i386-cygwin32/bin/ H-i386-cygwin32/bin/awk.exe tar: Cannot write to rob AT mudslide:/tmp/ztest.tar: I/O error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Any ideas as to what the problem could be? Or better yet, the solution... BTW, the 10240 bytes that are written is a valid tar formatted file, though reading it gives 'premature end of archive' error. The rsh is logged and access is granted. rmt is running. We would not even get the first block of the archive if this was not the case. The "cannot write to" error is bogus because it is obviously writing to the file. Also, tar from other machines (both Linux and IRIX) work properly. -Rob -- Rob Riggs Devil's Thumb Entertainment Network Administrator Boulder, CO - (303) 938-1200 rob AT DevilsThumb DOT COM http://www.DevilsThumb.COM/~rob "The notion of errors is ill-defined." - IRIX 'netstat' man page - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".