jdf0959@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Fulreader ) (11/03/90)
In attempting to solve this problem I have observed: - there is no relationship between the type of file (binary,text,etc) and the corruption of that file - varying the archive block size does not seem to improve the problem (tar uses large block size to allow it to work across a communications channel that may not maintain block size) - the problem improves when the -c buffer count option is used(afio recommends a large count when using a streaming magnetic tape drive) - improvement when a wait loop is used in the remote process that sends archive data through the pipe to the local afio process - the problem is worse with greater load on the network I would appreciate any suggestions or information concerning this problem.