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Re: tar error



On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Ben-Nes Michael wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I see this message from time to time when opening tar.gz files.
> I never sow bad impact but still its interesting to know what this mean.
> 
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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It means that tar could not read one of the files because of permission
denied or the file disappeared or the file was not readable because of a
bad sector. Use --ignore-failed-read if you need a zero return code.

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