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Date:      Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:57:09 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tar: Damaged tar archive, Retrying...
Message-ID:  <20150713225709.55553c98.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com>
References:  <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com>

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On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:40:02 +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently using tar to copy some very files to another host and
> got this:
> > tar: Damaged tar archive
> > tar: Retrying...
> > tar: Damaged tar archive
> > tar: Retrying...
> > tar: Damaged tar archive
> > tar: Retrying...
> > tar: Damaged tar archive
> > tar: Retrying...
> > tar: Damaged tar archive
> 
> The copy is done using tar|nc and nc|tar on the receiving host.
> This looks like a bug and I wonder whether the copy is OK.

Create a checksum list on the source and the target machine,
them compare both. This should give you a good overview of
the files to be identical.

Furthermore: Are you using compression? If yes: Is it using
the same compression libraries on both sides? (Just a guess,
it should not have to matter...)



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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