tar returns exit code 1. What does this mean?

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Issue

  • tar returns exit code 1. What does this mean?
tar cvzf /tmp/var_backup.tar.gz /var/ --exclude "/var/tmp" --ignore-failed-read

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • tar

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