On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 at 3:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

> in 20020102_1
> 
> (head)
> 07414661435/./var/amanda/gnutar-lists/dagaz.lib.unomaha.edu_usr_local_1
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amcat.awk
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amcat.awk.in
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amplot.awk
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amplot.g
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amplot.sh
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/amplot.sh.in
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/Makefile
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/Makefile.am
> 07414664217/./amanda-2.4.2p2/amplot/Makefile.in
  ^^^^^^^^^^^
Those characters indicate a corrupt index file generated by a bad version 
of tar...

> client tar (GNU tar) 1.13

And that's your culprit.  Upgrade to at least 1.13.17, preferably higher.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University


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