i got a bad .tar.bz file, is there a way to extract the data it contains the only copy of my C++ homework of the past month or so what i did was i did a "#tar -cIf foo.tar.bz <my home dir>" then i ftped the file to a FTP server somewhere else, using ncftp then i blew away the partition containing the original file... (yes, that is before before i tested the tarball) here are the errors i get when extracting: "$tar xzvf foo.tar.bz gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar Error exit delayed from previous errors" here is another one: "$tar xvvf foo.tar.gz tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header" it waits here for a awhile and then: "tar: 351 garbage bytes ignoted at end of archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors" as i said this is my C++ homework not very important but stuff i would like to keep, there will be a Carlsberg for the one who can help me extract the info... -munir ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/