Posted by nigel.t on 12/14/02 11:57

In article <03duf2lu9v47h7tltmbvtdsgd7gjna8oge@4ax.com>, andy@andyh.co.uk
says

> >Hi Jerry - $returnval contains '2' in each case.
> >$arrayout never seems to contain anything.
> >
> >I can however do -
> >tar --help
> >which does return the help.
> >
> >I've also tried to archive a single file with the same result
> >ie. tar -cf myfile.tar foo
> >returns an error of 2
> >
> >and i've tried the --ignore-failed-read flag to no avail.
>
> errno 2 is "No such file or directory" - so I'm not quite sure what to make of
> that; permission denied would seem more likely.
>

Thanks for the info Andy.
Can you tell me where that is documented - I can't find it.

I don't get this - the same error 2 occurs even if I use * or *.* or just
a directory name. The tar manual suggests those are all valid so I dont
know how it can think the file isnt there... stwange .....vewy stwange...

This is bound to be a permissions thing somehow ... you're both right I
expect... I just can't find the blockage.

-nigel-

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