> > I have a corrupt tar file from way back: > Try running "file" against the archive to determine if it's > actually a tar archive: > > file KEEP.TAR
It's definitely a tar file. Let's see what file says (never used that before) : /stuff/keep_huff_sort/NewDir $ file KEEP.TAR KEEP.TAR: POSIX tar archive On a tar i made just now, i get: /stuff/keep_huff_sort $ file tmp.tar tmp.tar: GNU tar archive Any idea if POSIX tar is actually different than GNU tar? file is a cool command... > If it's just a regular tar file you can try opening it in an > editor to get out the text parts. There's no compression in a > regular archive.-- Yeah, i looked at it in emacs. But it's the figures in it i'm most likely to want. I dread the thought of plugging thru 11MB in a text editor trying grab out the pictures correctly. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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