Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:57:09 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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: <20150713225709.55553c98.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com> References: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com>
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On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:40:02 +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. Create a checksum list on the source and the target machine, them compare both. This should give you a good overview of the files to be identical. Furthermore: Are you using compression? If yes: Is it using the same compression libraries on both sides? (Just a guess, it should not have to matter...) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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