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: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Wondering what (if anything) can be done about this? >=20 > freedom# tar -xf www.tar > tar: Skipping to next file header... > tar: Unknown file type '' for > =97=E7=D3=EE=EF=E68=CB=9F=DC=AB=BB=DF[+=EE=AFn=B7=D1_}=FB=8F=86=ED=D2M=C2= 2=C5=BE=F0=90=B1=E7=D5V=B42=AC=A38(Uvj=DBu=BE=DF=D7=A9=A6=85=E4, extracted = as > normal file > tar: Skipping to next file header... >=20 >=20 > I don't understand what's happened to this archive (and serveral others t= hat > represent my entire system backup)? I'm having the same problem with a wh= ole > set of archives that I ftp to a remote Windows machine... the ones I stor= ed > on my other FreeBSD machine are fine. Did something happen during the > transfer? >=20 > Also, for each archive, the first few items are extracted properly and th= en > there all this junk... any thought _really_ appreciated. If these are > corrupt, I've lost a pile of data. >=20 > Many thanks in advance, >=20 > phillip. >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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