Ralph Sontag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > router# tar tvf x.tar
> > > ?rwxr-xr-x 4266/100 0 2005-05-13 21:42:44 x
> > > ?rwxr-xr-x 4266/100 0 2005-05-13 21:42:50 x/y
> > > ?rw-r--r-- 4266/100 7 2005-05-13 21:42:50 x/y/b
> > > ?rw-r--r-- 4266/100 7 2005-05-13 21:42:40 x/a
> > > router# tar xvf x.tar
> > > x
> > > tar: Unrecognised file type
> >
> > I cannot reproduce your problem.
> >
> > What happens when you try to list the archive using "star"?
>
> The problem appears on the Linksys wireless-g broadband router.
> There exists a mini-distribution with a multicall-binary "busybox",
> which runs on the router.
I understand that your problem is seen by another tar. This is why I asked you
to use star to check the archive for correctness.
If you installed star, you could also use "tartest" to to a more complete
tar POSIX compliance test......
J�rg
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