gunzip crc error :(

[Shing-Fat (Fred) Ma]

Hello,

I have a cron script that makes a nightly image of my files.

The csh command goes something like:

    tar cvfX - NoBackup.lst ~ | gzip -c -9 >! MyBackup.tgz

This used to work fine, but lately I've been getting CRC errors from
gunzip:

    gunzip -c -9 MyBackup.tgz | tar xvf - FilesOfInterest

The zipped file is almost 600Mbytes, and both gzip and gunzip versions
are

> gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
> Compilation options:
> DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H
The solaris operating system is
> SunOS mali 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Any ideas on how to start tracking down the problem?

Thanks.

Fred

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