windows ftp defaults to ascii more, not binary, so its adds a \r to each \n - you might save your tar files if you upload ascii to get them stripped out again.
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Phillip Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > Wondering what (if anything) can be done about this? > > freedom# tar -xf www.tar > tar: Skipping to next file header... > tar: Unknown file type '' for > 8˟ܫ[+n_}M2žV28(Uvjuש, extracted as > normal file > tar: Skipping to next file header... > > > I don't understand what's happened to this archive (and serveral others that > represent my entire system backup)? I'm having the same problem with a whole > set of archives that I ftp to a remote Windows machine... the ones I stored > on my other FreeBSD machine are fine. Did something happen during the > transfer? > > Also, for each archive, the first few items are extracted properly and then > there all this junk... any thought _really_ appreciated. If these are > corrupt, I've lost a pile of data. > > Many thanks in advance, > > phillip. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message