>>>>> "Hasnain" == Hasnain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hasnain> Hi Peter, Basically, Is there anyway to recover those gzip Hasnain> files? or do you think we can ignore that corrupted block and Hasnain> extract rest of the file? You can extract from the start of the file to where the corruption is. Because of the way that gzip works, decompression depends on the pattern of bytes you've already seen (unless hte file was compressed with the rsync-friendly restart every n k (--rsyncable) flag.) Try zcat file.tgz > file.tar then tar xvf file.tar -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
