overwrite /dev/stdout? tar with option -z

Hello,

Sine a few days I get the follwoed error messages, on a bootcd:   overwrite /dev/stdout?
  tar: end of archive volume 1 reached
  tar: Sorry, unable to determinate archive format

If I don't us the "z" option in the tar command all is OK.

What I do is: Mount the /dev filesystem to a mount_union ramdisk, from the rc script. The filesystem is is as a tar archive on the CD.

may it's a bug, but may it's my mistake. I can use it with out the "z" option, so the priority is very low.

I do the same thing also with /etc, and I got the same error message.

Not working code:
  if [ -f /cdboot/DateiSystem.tgz ]; then     tar zxpf /cdboot/DateiSystem.tgz -C /     echo 'var und tmp entpackt'
  fi

working code:

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    if [ -f /cdboot/DateiSystem.tgz ]; then

      tar xpf /cdboot/DateiSystem.tgz -C /
      echo 'var und tmp entpackt'

If you need more infos, please tell me what you need and I'll send it as soon as possible.

Maik Received on Wed Jun 25 07:19:38 2003