tar fails with high number of open file descriptors

[Derk Tegeler]

Hi,

I need some help/advice for the following problem:

If tar is called by a process and a lot of files have been opened by the 
calling process, tar will report an I/O error.

If archive is >= __REM_BIAS (defined in rmt.h), full_write will be called 
with a zero file descriptor.

As a temporary solution I have modified REM_BIAS (512 instead of 128) in 
rmt.h but wanted to know if it is safe as I do not know of all the 
implications.

Kind regards,

Derk Tegeler