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Old 03-29-2005
Question tar error statement

hi

when i tar a file using
tar cvf file.tar filename
i get the error
tar: write error: unexpected EOF

can i know what is the cause of it?
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Old 03-29-2005
Do you have enough disk space for the file?
# 3  
Old 03-29-2005
yup there is enuff disk space
# 4  
Old 03-29-2005
deleted some space still got the same error

Last edited by legato; 03-29-2005 at 11:31 PM.. Reason: error exists
 
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