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corrupt tar file
I have software that's been running and making .tar downloads for about 4 years. nothing has changed on the server. i admin to it so i'm pretty sure. for some reason today one of the tar's won't unpack. i tried on OSX and CentOS using different versions of tar. i keep getting the following no mater what I try:
¿$ sudo tar -xf 101108103122.tar
Password:
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 737 bytes from 101108103122.tar
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
any ideas? can i skip the corrupt file and move on?
¿$ sudo tar -xf 101108103122.tar
Password:
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 737 bytes from 101108103122.tar
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
any ideas? can i skip the corrupt file and move on?
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Did you try the option
--ignore-failed-read
?
wmp
--ignore-failed-read
?
wmp
yes, i tried that. it gives me the same result.
$ sudo tar --ignore-failed-read -xf 101108103122.tar
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 737 bytes from 101108103122.tar
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
$ sudo tar --ignore-failed-read -xf 101108103122.tar
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 737 bytes from 101108103122.tar
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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Is your TAR file password-protected? If yes, then it will be harder to recover it.
Have you tried
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at
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http://www.datanumen.com/atr/Â to scan and recover your corrupt TAR file?
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what does `file 101108103122.tar` show?
you may need to use a different option, do you know what the command was that created the archive?
you may need to use a different option, do you know what the command was that created the archive?
i didn't really solve it... just worked around it.
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