From: rob AT devilsthumb DOT com (Rob Riggs)
Subject: B19: remote tar fails
9 Apr 1998 04:32:24 -0700
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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
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