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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu What is solution for this error "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors"?
# 8  
Old 06-18-2013
This particular file is a socket file and should be excluded from archiving.
# 9  
Old 09-20-2013
This worked for me. It seems the /run directory was causing the issue.

Code:
tar cvzpf /mnt/Toshiba/Backup.tgz --same-owner --exclude=/home/Backup.tgz 
  --exclude=/home/error.log --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/media/* --exclude=/dev/*
  --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/tmp/* --exclude=/run/* /

Last edited by Scott; 09-21-2013 at 04:13 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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