On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:03:47AM -0700, Steven wrote: > Hello: > > I've been searching high and low for any information that might help me > restore from a backup tar file that is being difficult for some reason. > > The file is just your basic tar file without any compression. > > Here is the command I'm typing: > > tar xvf 2003-07-17.tar > > And here is the last few lines from the result: > ... > /DP/ > /DP/PDEF.DP000000 > /DP/PDEF.DP010000 > /DP/RDEF.DP010000 > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
Is there any chance you ftp'd it from somewhere in text mode? That's a common cause of such corruption. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Here is the version of tar we are running: > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 > > The filesize of the backup file is consistant with the other files that have > worked fine. > > Does anyone know what options I have? Is there some way to look into > the file to see what may be wrong? > > Thanks so much in advance, > > Steven > -- > Know your neighbor. Discover independent media: > http://www.thislife.org/ - This American Life - documenting "everyday life" in the > US. > http://www.humanmedia.org/ - Promoting "compassion, service, generosity and > equality." > http://www.worldlinktv.org/ - "a global perspective on news, current events and > culture" > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
