Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!uupsi!jpradley!shawn From: shawn@jpradley.jpr.com (Shawn Blair) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: corrupt tar files ? Message-ID: <1991May24.133218.28930@jpradley.jpr.com> Date: 24 May 91 13:32:18 GMT References: Organization: Unix in NYC Lines: 24 In article pspeer@bluemoon.uucp (Pat Speer) writes: >Has anyone else had any problems with any of the tarred files on piggy? I >have had problems with some but not all (ie cnews, zoo, etc). Anyway I am >new to all this so here is what I "think" is happening. Tar begins >"undoing" the files and/or directories and seems to run into a bad command >causing it to sometimes just start firing text out to the screen or on one >file it created directories instaed of files ( that was real cute). Anyway >I ftp'd things correctly, no errors and they uncompressed or unzipped >fine, just won't untar correctly. Is this just me or does anyone have any >idea what is going on? THANKS! > I have run into this on some tar files before. Try using ustar instead of Coherent's tar program. If you're not familiar with ustar, look into the compressed files in the '/usr/src/alien' directory. The docs for pax, cpio, and ustar reside in this directory. I have loaded mine into the local man directory so they're available with just 'man'. Shawn. _______________________________________________________________________________ -- Shawn R. Blair ~ shawn@jpr.com -- -- ...murphy!jpradley!rpmc!{srblair!}shawn (hourly) -- -- uunet!sir-alan!admiral!rpmc!{srblair!}shawn (weekly) --