Re: [Sheflug] cpio problems with Expect

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> exec find $tar_path -print | cpio -o > $tar_temp/$tar_name
> 
> Which seems to start, and then stop after a few seconds with...
> 
>     while executing
> "exec find $tar_path -print | cpio -o > $tar_temp/$tar_name"
>     (file "./backup" line 27)
> 

Welll ... it looks like you've got a partial error message as there should
be the actual error itself before the "while executing". If you can get
hold of that message it'd be a help :)

Could you do an "ls -li" as well and check the inode numbers (the first
field); if these are over 65535, you'll need to add "-H newc" as the old
cpio format (the default, at least on my setup) doesn't support them and
chucks out "truncating inode number" warnings. It could be that expect is
catching them?

Chris...

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