of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for <quote>vanished
source files</>, and you can write a driver script to accept this exit
code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of GNU
- <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file was truncated while
- <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU
- <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exits with <literal>1</>
- if a file was changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other
- errors.
+ <application>tar</> return an error code indistinguishable from a
+ fatal error if a file was truncated while <application>tar</> was
+ copying it. Fortunately, GNU <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and
+ later exits with <literal>1</> if a file was changed during the backup,
+ and <literal>2</> for other errors.
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