Thanks, I'll check it out. <Juha/>
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 8:59 AM Sergey Poznyakoff <g...@gnu.org.ua> wrote: > > What I noticed is that the tar header is formed incorrectly. It's > supposed > > to > > contain the "ustar" TMAGIC indicator at offset 257 followed by a null. > > That archive is in GNU tar format, which historically differs from ustar > format. If you wish to create archives in ustar format use the -H > (--format) command line option: > > tar -Hustar -cf archive.tar ... > > For a description of the -H option, refer to > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Option-Summary.html#IDX81 > > For a discussion of archive formats supported by tar, please see > > https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Formats.html > > Regards, > Sergey >