Tar Error "File name too long to be stored in a GNU multiheader"in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running a backup to tape using command  tar -cMf /dev/st0 ./data" fails with the following error:

    # tar -cMf /dev/st0 ./data/rawdata/ADNI-PETC/quals/MC/029_S_1384/mprMRI/m12/I103285/nii/dartel/rm029S1384L012307M515T.nii
tar: ./data/rawdata/ADNI-PETC/quals/MC/029_S_1384/mprMRI/m12/I103285/nii/dartel/rm029S1384L012307M515T.nii
: file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume header
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
  • tar-1.15.1-30.el5

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