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From: seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Re: GNU Tar experience sought
Message-ID: <319@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 27 May 89 17:13:55 GMT
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> From article <8905232207.AA18283@bu-it.BU.EDU> eap@BU-IT.BU.EDU (Eric A. Pearce):
> 
>   I am thinking of using GNU Tar on a "production" system for backups.
>   I'd be interested in hearing war stories and problems with relying
>   on it for all your backups.  I know some of FSF machines use it.

Only possible bug:  On my HP9000/300 running HPUX 6.5, Gnu tar doesn't
seem to notice when an NFS-mounted volume starts, and tries to dump this
stuff, too.  I'll probably have to investigate this....