hautala@odin.m2c.org (11/02/90)
I am trying to extract a tar file, and it seems no matter what I do, I get this error "checksum error in directory file, possible name:" and then a bunch of garbage!!! what gives??? what is the correct command to extract all the files from a tar file in my directory???? thanx in advance
bad@atrain.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes) (11/02/90)
In article <6187@m2c.M2C.ORG> hautala@odin.m2c.org () writes: > > >I am trying to extract a tar file, and it seems no matter what I do, I get >this error "checksum error in directory file, possible name:" and then a >bunch of garbage!!! > >what gives??? what is the correct command to extract all the files from a >tar file in my directory???? > >thanx in advance I've seen this when someone was trying to tar a compressed file. Later they said something like, "Ohhhh, that's what that ".Z" meant!!" By the way, tar xvf <filename> should work; you might need to specify the blocking factor. Bruce -- Bruce Dumes | "You don't see many of *these* nowdays, | bad@zen.cac.stratus.com | do you?" |
grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) (11/02/90)
In article <6187@m2c.M2C.ORG> hautala@odin.m2c.org () writes: > > > I am trying to extract a tar file, and it seems no matter what I do, I get > this error "checksum error in directory file, possible name:" and then a > bunch of garbage!!! > > what gives??? what is the correct command to extract all the files from a > tar file in my directory???? It is quite possible the tar tape was created with an non-default blocksize. Try something like tar xb 40 and see if that helps. You can also use dd to determine the blocksize by doing "dd if=/dev/rmt?? of=diskfile bs=127b count=1" and then ls -l to check the size of the file... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)