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Re: [Bug-tar] 3GB+ and DVD+RW
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] 3GB+ and DVD+RW |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:33:37 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Dave Jarvis <address@hidden> writes:
> $ tar -tvf /mnt/dvd/backup.tar
> ... huge, but incomplete, file listing ...
> Segmentation fault
>
> I performed the same command on the original file, stored on a 20GB
> hard drive, without error:
>
> $ tar -tvf /archive/backup.tar
> ... huge file listing, no errors ...
That's strange. Can you use GDB to find out where the segmentation
fault occurred? Do something like this:
$ gdb /path/to/tar
(gdb) run -tvf /mnt/dvd/backup.tar
... long listing, followed by segmentation fault ...
(gdb) where