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Hi ,

I am experiencing a problem with tar. Let me explain to
you what I am trying to do:

I would like to archive a directory with some subdirectories
and then move the archived file via ftp to another host
and then unarchive it there. But when I attempt to untar
the archive I get a message: "A directory checksum error..."

If I ls the current directory where I attempt to untar the
archive I see that most of the files are missing.

I tar the files on Sun workstation that runs
SunOS 4.1.3 as follows:

Quote:>tar cvf file.tar .

I untar the archive on RS/6000 that runs
AIX OS as follows:

Quote:>tar xvf file.tar .

Can anyone please point to me what the problem is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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: Hi ,

: I am experiencing a problem with tar. Let me explain to
: you what I am trying to do:

: I would like to archive a directory with some subdirectories
: and then move the archived file via ftp to another host
: and then unarchive it there. But when I attempt to untar
: the archive I get a message: "A directory checksum error..."

: If I ls the current directory where I attempt to untar the
: archive I see that most of the files are missing.

: I tar the files on Sun workstation that runs
: SunOS 4.1.3 as follows:
: >tar cvf file.tar .

: I untar the archive on RS/6000 that runs
: AIX OS as follows:
: >tar xvf file.tar .

: Can anyone please point to me what the problem is.

: Any help would be greatly appreciated.

: Thanks,

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: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

:  Vacation Shoppe, Inc                voice:       office: (813)472-2700
:  Kelly Carlos Professional Center,                home  : (813)472-3665
:  11595 Kelly Road,                                fax   : (813)466-3299
:  Fort Myers, FL 33908
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Incompatible tars?  Or maybe you ftp'ed the file ascii,  instead of
binary,  which would corrupt.  The latter is more likely than the
former,  but you can always get gtar if compatibility is the problem.

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Dan Mercer                                            ClearSystems, Inc

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