Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:54:00 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: pancakeking79@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: corrupted tar.gz archive - I lost my backups :)/:( Message-ID: <44ty2thsyv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <CALfReyftR_SOdsVy7=4utRdZNyb5wf0LDKD8OmvE_iOvkf7usw@mail.gmail.com> (krad's message of "Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:18:38 %2B0000") References: <CAKnE0ZvaPK=uF7Lg2NepVsHbnDLQhedpVddVMg4vkFBfm%2B4%2Bsw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKOHg=MYuajQPogdu8nHnJE1D%2BmN6tWs%2BRMacXXwhNeY3PrjMA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKnE0Ztzy2Wk0Cq5VyNYLfyiceXOyJPW4z9-bcxnAm1%2BsD86qw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPXzq_d4ae057QcmNf60FiQ6ebAt5NJ_DW8omGzf-mry2YamEw@mail.gmail.com> <CALfReyftR_SOdsVy7=4utRdZNyb5wf0LDKD8OmvE_iOvkf7usw@mail.gmail.com>
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krad <kraduk@gmail.com> writes: > Just another silly thought try the tar j flag rather than the z flag, as > you might have got your compression algorithms confused. Try the xz one as > well just in case The system tar (based on libarchive) will figure all of this out for you, regardless of which flag you give it.
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