Maybe because stdout/stderr from tar is sent to the file it is trying to tar up?
/ Fredrik (Naranek) Hubinette (T minus 2 weeks)
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2004-08-22 17:10: Subject: Pikefarm client problem
Hm, why would the file change while being read? It's not running two xenofarms at the same time or something (it shouldn't happen anyway, iirc, but...).
Or is tar just buggy?
/ Mirar