Re: Possible bug to report (loss of data)

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com> writes:

[...]

 I suspect this error is an environment variable issue - check the
> output of "locale" and maybe try something like:
>
> LC_ALL="xx_XX.UTF-8" tarsnap -c -f ...

You don't really mean xx_XX do you?  What is expected in place of
those x's?

[...]

>> And followed with the rest of the procedure .. deleting the original.
>
> Why would you proceed after an error?

Deep seated stupidity!