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Subject: tar doesn't back up device files
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>Number:         9135
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       tar doesn't back up device files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 19 20:20:01 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Sat Aug 21 21:36:04 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sat Aug 21 21:38:01 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Randall Hopper
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:

        Stock 3.0-RELEASE.  Std tar.

>Description:

	Using tar to backup my root partition, I find that tar can't
back up many (around 80) of my device files.  The errors are all of
this form:

        tar: dev/rwd0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/rwd0s3c: minor number too large; not dumped
        ...
        tar: dev/da0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/rda0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/da0s4: minor number too large; not dumped

>How-To-Repeat:

	sh MAKEDEV some of these device files and try to archive with tar.

>Fix:
	

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: hoek 
State-Changed-When: Sat Aug 21 21:36:04 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
This should be fixed (in -current), now.  According to bde in a commit 
dated 1999/08/11-08:03 to src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/create.c, "all devices 
created by `MAKEDEV all' except rsa0.ctl can now be handled by tar(1)." 
>Unformatted:
