Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:42:43 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> Cc: "Marcelo J. Iturbe" <marcelo@msm.cl>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: damaged .tar.gz file Message-ID: <20000726224243.E239@parish> In-Reply-To: <397F594B.EE9EB5AB@urx.com>; from kstewart@urx.com on Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 02:34:03PM -0700 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000726170634.04117750@msm.cl> <397F594B.EE9EB5AB@urx.com>
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 02:34:03PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > "Marcelo J. Iturbe" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I transfered a tar.gz file to an NT server, copied it to back up, and when > > I try to restore I get an error stating that the file is not valid format. > > > > Anything I can do to rescue the info in the tar.gz file? > > Yes, re-download it. You probably did an ascii copy and you lost your > 8th bits. Now none of the checksums or crc agree because the file is > different. You have to use binary and sometimes you have to force a > binary copy (ftp or etc). Ftp on some systems default to ascii and it > basically does and a.and.0x7f to the data. > If he used (M$) rcp to copy it and didn't use the -b option then it will have done a LF->CR/LF conversion. > Kent > > > > > *********************************************** > > Chief Technical Officer > > ICQ 22921676 > > MSM Interactive. > > El Bosque Norte 0134, Las Condes, Chile. > > Phone: (56-2) 234-9852 Fax: (56-2) 233-8912 > > Email: marcelo@msm.cl http://www.msm.cl > > ******************************************* > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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