Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 18:50:23 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Phillip Smith <phillip@3bags.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help! Problems with TAR archives? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10301041849160.9226-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <BA3CDB1A.35E8%phillip@3bags.com>
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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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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