Tim Littlemore <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Monday 15 Dec 2003 10:37 am, Ronald Hahm wrote: >> Has anyone run into the following when using the tar command? >> >> tar: <filename> file changed as we read it >> >> I noticed this error on newer versions of the kernel in RedHat 9. I ended >> up moving back to the original kernel in RedHat 9. >> >> Can anyone give me some advice as to what I need to do? Will running the >> newest version of the kernel through the up2date service fix this problem? > > The only reason you've never seen this before is just conincidence. It isn't a > bug or anything, it's just tar telling you that as it was tarring the file > up, the contents of it changed. This is pretty common when tarring log files. > It isn't a problem as such, it just means that the version of the file in your > tar won't match the current version of that file. > > There's nothing you can do to the kernel to stop this. Not to be a wiseacre but: Are you sure of this? I've seen this for the first time recently too and have used tar extensively since about 1996. I notice it only when taring files on a dos partition. Further it seemed to go away when I moved the file to ext3 then tarred.
