untaring problem

[josinjosek]

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

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

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

[Yogeeraj_1]

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

[josinjosek]

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

[Denver Osborn]

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

[Yogeeraj_1]

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

[Rajesh R_2]

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

[OldSchool]

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.