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