tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Another Linux related post: I was trying to tar up the oracle software and I was getting a strange message at the end of the tar output:


>tar -cvf 11.2.0.tar 11.2.0

11.2.0/
11.2.0/timingframework/
11.2.0/timingframework/TimingFramework.jar
11.2.0/timingframework/README
11.2.0/OPatch/
11.2.0/OPatch/opatchprereqs/
11.2.0/OPatch/opatchprereqs/prerequisite.properties
11.2.0/OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/
11.2.0/OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/runtime_prereq.xml

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tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

The challenge here is to find out the root cause of this general error message.

Solution:

Run the tar command again, while redirecting the error output to a log file:

tar -cvf 11.2.0.tar 11.2.0  2> tar.log

In my case, the content of the log file solved the "mystery":

tar: 11.2.0/bin/nmhs: Cannot open: Permission denied

tar: 11.2.0/bin/nmb: Cannot open: Permission denied

tar: 11.2.0/bin/nmo: Cannot open: Permission denied

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors