topic Re: untaring problem in Operating System - HP-UX

untaring problem

josinjosek — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:12:00 GMT

hi

While I am trying to untar a file getting below error

/usr/local/bin/tar -xvf 1500__CP.tar

" ././@LongLink, 136 bytes, 1 tape blocks
directory checksum error ”

please help me to resolve this issue

regards
josin

Re: untaring problem

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:14:25 GMT

Shalom,

I think the problem is in the tar and it needs to be rebuilt.

What kind of system did it originate on? What were the create options?

SEP

Re: untaring problem

Yogeeraj_1 — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:24:48 GMT

Hi Josin,

A few thing you need to verify:
1. if the source of the file is another machine, the file has been transfered in binary mode.
2. on the source server, tar -tvf 1500__CP.tar displays the list of files correctly.
3. there has not been any corruption during the file transfer/copy. One simple check would be to cross-check the file size.

hope these helps!
kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: untaring problem

josinjosek — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:27:49 GMT

hi

thanks for your replay,

We tared in linux machine using tar â cvf command .now we are trying to untar in unix machine.

Regards
josin

Re: untaring problem

Denver Osborn — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:34:53 GMT

Have you compared the cksum of the file between the linux and this node? xfer the file again if they don't match.

How large is the archive? (> 2GB)
Why not use the hp installed tar, why /usr/local/bin/tar?

-denver

Re: untaring problem

Yogeeraj_1 — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:51:41 GMT

hi again,

If the file is big, try to compress it before the transfer. Also ensure that the transfer mode is BINARY.

also, confirm that on the linux machine, the tar -tvf command is OK.

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: untaring problem

Rajesh R_2 — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:02:43 GMT

hi,

If the archive file is large i.e >2GB, see if Large Filesystem option is enabled on the filesystem you are trying to untar the archive.

If it is not enabled, enable it and try untaring.

Regards
Rajesh

Re: untaring problem

OldSchool — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:58:58 GMT

also, check the "format" options available on the Linux side. depending upon how "tar" was built, the default format may not be compatible w/ HPUX.