Yes, I tried it with -v also, and it just lists a directory and the file before it craps out. I tried using rar also and it got a lot farther, but no dice. -Josh On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:32:28 -0500, Jim Crumley <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:18:57AM -0500, Josh Close wrote: > > I'm trying to untar a file and I get this error > > > > # tar -xf file.tar > > > > tar: Skipping to next header > > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > > > > > > Then it just sits there. Is there a way to fix that? Or is this file > > lost for good? > > Well, for a first thing try: > # tar -xvf file.tar > and see if you get anymore useful info on what's going on. > > If that doesn't work try a non-gnu tar. Either on a Unix box if > you have access, or download a different free tar - I beleive > that there are at least a couple. I think that there is one > called star from the maker of cdrecord. > > -- > Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) > crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ > Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list