Re: Extracting from tar gives no files

danson <danwatts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Dear Group,

: I've run command:

: [root@fs2 backup]# tar -zxvf fs3-monthly-12-01-2006-20-30.tar.gz
: backup2/daily/fs3/home/virtual/site43/fst/var/spool/mail/n* -C
: /root/extract
: backup2/daily/fs3/home/virtual/site43/fst/var/spool/mail/nicholas.smith
: tar:
: backup2/daily/fs3/home/virtual/site43/fst/var/spool/mail/nicholas.smith:
: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
: tar: Skipping to next header
: tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

unzip the mess first

then look at the tar directory ( tar -t ) to see what's supposed
to be there. This will likely lead you the the error- which
from your notes says some sort of compression issue, likely
related to how the tar was generated or how you are trying
to unpack it.

Stan

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