backup script fatal error

[Cihan]

Hi Erman

Thanks for your help in advance :)

I have backup script which is taring my app folder in backup script. It started to give an error message like below ;

Fatal error caused by line 71 of /backup_offline.sh

at line 71 it is ;

tar -czvpf ${BKUPDIR}/$( basename $FOLDERNAME )-${TAG}-${BUTDSTAMP}.tar.gz ${FOLDERNAME} >> $LOG || exiterror

then I tried to use tar command manually for the same backup directory with command

" tar -czvpf /root/appsdeneme.tar.gz /u1/oracle/PROD/ >> /root/bckcg.log "


and it stopped for one file and error message is now  ;

tar:/u1/oracle/PROD/inst/apps/PROD_ofmapp/logs/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/oacore/oacore_default_group_1/server.log: file is changed as we read it


Tar Command Version : tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Hi Cihan,

This error is normal, as logs into the log files are written by the applications or process when they are online.
In this case, what happens is;
when you arcive the server.log using tar , some process seems write into the server.log file..
log files are not so important.
You can simple ignore those by specifying "--ignore-failed-read" option in your tar command.
This will make tar command to ignore and continue the files which are changed while your tar command is reading it.

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Alternatively, you can use  tar --exclude=PATTERN to exclude those log files
This is a non-fatal error by the way. Only your backup script says that it s fatal.
Normally, tar should continue and finish its work in spite of this error.