tar -xvzf $filename.tar.gz || { exit $?; }
Here my scripts would exit with errorCode 141. I am using Fedora Core 6 with tar version 1.15
it wont happen all the time, but more than 70 percent of the time it fails.
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A:
GNU tar only returns a few things, none of them being -141. however, if it's running a subprocess, like gzip, and that process terminates abnormally, it returns that return code.
I'm not sure what the subprocess might have been though. try it with --verbose and see if you get any clues.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-20 18:48:16
I changed my scripts to do gunzip $filname.tar.gz ; tar -xvf $filename.taragain its tar that fails with 141
Irfan Zulfiqar
2009-04-21 05:51:34
Did you try running it with --verbose, and did you get any clues? tar also runs rmt for remote tapes; an intermittent problem could be a network issue with the tape drives. Knowing what OS you're running might help.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-21 14:24:31
Oh, never mind the OS, I see it now.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-21 14:25:39
A:
As a workaround we are now using cpio for archiving, that works fine for us now, although I would want to know why tar is causing this issue, its around for long time, and being used as standard tool for years.
Irfan Zulfiqar
2009-04-22 09:06:29