f9 tar fails during backups

[Roger Heflin]

Skunk Worx wrote:
> Suppose I want to back up my home directory using tar.
> 
> I see this :
> 
> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied
> 
> d?????????  ? ?         ?            ?                ? .gvfs
> 
> ...and this :
> 
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> What service do I need to stop to eliminate this vfs file error during 
> backups?
> 
> # ls /etc/init.d/*vfs*
> ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/*vfs*: No such file or directory
> 
> ---
> John
> 

Given the errors, and what ls displays, .gvfs is probably a corrupt 
directory/file entry and when tar hits it will report an error but hopefully not 
crash.

shutting down and fscking may be required to get it to go away.

                        Roger