Re: GNU Tar problems

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Jason Czerak <address@hidden>
> Date: 02 Oct 2002 12:23:24 -0400

> block 5506005: temp-neworder/erasure-vpopmail.tar
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> block 7344859: ** Block of NULs **
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> Is there a way I can fix this and how? I can't seem to find any
> tools on google that would help.

If the data corruption deleted or inserted bytes (as opposed to
changing them), then you need to realign the rest of the image to be
on block boundaries; otherwise, 'tar' won't see them.  Possibly this
is what happened to you.  You should be able to do the realignment
with 'dd'.

> Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct email address for problems
> with TAR.

The correct address is <address@hidden>.