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Operating Systems Solaris UNIX : how can I recover a corrupt tar file from a tape? Post 302965070 by vbe on Saturday 23rd of January 2016 04:51:34 AM
Old 01-23-2016
It looks more like a corrupt support (media) rather than a bad file... Have you tried cleaning the heads, check the hmmm what is it DAT? or real tape or??? DAT can go faulty if not properly rewound before loading...
I had a case where a sysadmin was desperate and asked me to help him, when I ejected the DAT to look at its state Smilie I noticed the tape was broken Smilie ...
Poor guy was trying for hours...
 

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dat_strerror(3DAT)				     Direct Access Transport Library Functions					dat_strerror(3DAT)

NAME
dat_strerror - convert a DAT return code into human readable strings SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -ldat [ library... ] #include <dat/udat.h> DAT_RETURN dat_strerror( IN DAT_RETURN return, OUT const char **major_message, OUT const char **minor_message ) PARAMETERS
return DAT function return value. message A pointer to a character string for the return. DESCRIPTION
The dat_strerror() function converts a DAT return code into human readable strings. The major_message is a string-converted DAT_TYPE_STA- TUS, while minor_message is a string-converted DAT_SUBTYPE_STATUS. If the return of this function is not DAT_SUCCESS, the values of major_message and minor_message are not defined. If an undefined DAT_RETURN value was passed as the return parameter, the operation fails with DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER returned. The operation succeeds when DAT_SUCCESS is passed in as the return parameter. RETURN VALUES
DAT_SUCCESS The operation was successful. DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter. The return value is invalid. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard: uDAPL, 1.1, 1.2 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libdat(3LIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 16 Jul 2004 dat_strerror(3DAT)
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