> I have a corrupt tar file from way back: > > /stuff/keep_huff_sort/NewDir $ tar -xvf KEEP.TAR > keep/ > keep/c/ > keep/c/arrays.c > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors [...] > Any idea how to get around this? > > I think the file is corrupt, as opposed to "tar: Archive contains > obsolescent base-64 headers" since it's from ~1996 (which is not > *that* long ago :).
Try running "file" against the archive to determine if it's actually a tar archive: > file KEEP.TAR If you see something like "compressed" then you'll need to either extract the file first then detar, or run tar with the 'z' switch: > tar xfvz KEEP.TAR If it's just a regular tar file you can try opening it in an editor to get out the text parts. There's no compression in a regular archive. -- The Digital Hermit Unix and Linux Solutions http://www.digitalhermit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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