Re: [Bug-tar] Cannot savedir: Not a directory

[Jean-Louis Martineau]

Hi Sergey,

I don't know what GNU tar version he is using.
The problem is the exit code of 2, amanda think the backup is a failure 
in this case. Maybe calling savedir_diag instead of savedir_error should 
ifx it.
It's probably an opendir failure, ls report the same "Not a directory" 
error.
I will ask the user to try a tar-1.22 and a patched tar. I will let you 
know the result.

Thanks,
Jean-Louis

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Hi Jean-Louis,
>
> To begin with, let me ask you what version of GNU tar it is?
>
>   
> > A user get this error when doing incremental backup:
> >  /bin/tar: ./opt/novell/nss/mnt/.pools/DATA: Cannot savedir: Not a
> > directory
> >
> > He is using '--ignore-failed-read', why tar exit with code 2?
> >     
>
> This option affects only failed reads from the archive, but it does
> not affect failed chdir/opendir/readdir calls.
>
>   
> > This directory is strange, a size of 0 and 1 link:
> >
> > $ stat /opt/novell/nss/mnt/.pools/DATA
> >  File: `/opt/novell/nss/mnt/.pools/DATA'
> >  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
> > Device: fd08h/64776d    Inode: 127         Links: 1
> > Access: (0000/d---------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
> > Access: 2009-07-31 07:29:58.270585641 -0500
> > Modify: 2009-07-31 07:29:58.270585641 -0500
> > Change: 2009-07-31 07:29:58.270585641 -0500
> >     
>
> Strange, indeed. Most probably, it's opendir that's failed on it.
>
>   
> > He also use the '--one-file-system' option, why tar try to do a
> > savedir on the directory if it is on a different filesystem?
> >     
>
> It needed to save the meta-data of this directory, anyway.
>
>   
> > The attached path delay the call to savedir until it is needed.
> > I havent tested it on the user system, I want to know if it break
> > something before sending it to the user.
> >     
>
> From the first glance, it should not break anything. But I doubt
> if it should help in this case, either.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey
>