Re: problem with tar image containing more than 2.8 million files

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Michael Kelly - FMEC ~ <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:48:42 -0800
> 
>       I compiled with AIX's C compiler, AIX rel 4.3.3.77, and these options:
> set CC = "/bin/cc -gbnso -bI:/lib/syscalls.exp -D_LARGE_FILES  -O4 -qstrict
> -q64 -bmaxdata:137438953472 -s -o "

You might try compiling without the -O4; that might make it easier to debug.

> (dbx)   where
> _exit() at 0xd017ccc8
> exit(??) at 0xd0175cc8
> usage(status = 2), line 454 in "tar.c"
> main(argc = 1, argv = 0x2ff22be8), line 1304 in "tar.c"

That's odd: this makes it look like you ran 'tar' without any options;
in other words, this backtrace looks like it was not related to your
core dump.  Are you sure that you are looking at the right core dump?

Perhaps you could try running tar under dbx, rather than inspecting
its core dump.