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May 6th, 2004, 07:58 AM

matt_he

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Tar problem

I am using a perl script to add about 1000 files (total size <1GB) into a tar file. In the perl script, I set a loop to run a system call "system("tar -rf a.tar file.gz")". Strangely, when the tar file is getting bigger, it takes long time to add a gz file. I use "top" command to check this process, most of the time it is in sleeping mode. But after a while (maybe several hours) it will continue.

Does anybody know what is the problem? The tar of gzip command is executed on a NFS mounted hard drive.

Thanks.

Matt

Last edited by matt_he : May 6th, 2004 at 08:30 AM.

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