More info: A file filled with zeros doesn't fail on archive verification. A file filled with '1' (and some newlines) does.
Working, with zeros: # dd if=/dev/zero of=zero.big bs=1k count=5M # tar cvvWf test7.tar zero.big 5242880+0 records in 5242880+0 records out 5368709120 bytes (5.4 GB) copied, 262.275 seconds, 20.5 MB/s -rw-r--r-- nobody/nogroup 5368709120 2007-05-08 19:22 zero.big Verify -rw-r--r-- nobody/nogroup 5368709120 2007-05-08 19:22 zero.big # However: # [create a 5GB file full of '1' using vi and cat] # tar cvvWf test8.tar n1.big -rw-r--r-- root/root 5179965440 2007-05-08 19:39 n1.big Verify -rw-r--r-- root/root 5179965440 2007-05-08 19:39 n1.big tar: VERIFY FAILURE: 8388608 invalid headers detected tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors # Does this shed any light on the problem? Andrew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
