Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:43:05 -0700 From: Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com> To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar: Damaged tar archive, Retrying... Message-ID: <20150714204305.GA89782@blazingdot.com> In-Reply-To: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com> References: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com>
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 08:40:02PM +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently using tar to copy some very files to another host and > got this: > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > tar: Retrying... > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > tar: Retrying... > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > tar: Retrying... > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > tar: Retrying... > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > The copy is done using tar|nc and nc|tar on the receiving host. > This looks like a bug and I wonder whether the copy is OK. I have submitted a bug report for a problem that causes this output. It's likely the same bug that you're encountering. The fix is upstream in libarchive, but in the meantime you can use gtar :( https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201506 Marcus
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