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# 1  
Old 05-28-2012
Question Unable to Untar
Hello,

Code:
bash-2.05# tar -xvf sunos.tar
tar: directory checksum error
bash-2.05# file sunos.tar
sunos.tar:    data
bash-2.05#

Can someone please help me untar this. This is a Solaris 9 box.
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 05-28-2012 at 10:41 AM..
# 2  
Old 05-28-2012
It doesn't look like a tar file. What says:

Code:
od -c sunos.tar | head

?
# 3  
Old 05-28-2012
Code:
bash-2.05# od -c sunos.tar | head
0000000 033 032 Í Æ Ë ¦ á Â Á Ô ê 004 232 W 006 ü
0000020 Õ 206 Ù 8 ú = Ý Í a 205 Â 026 i 3 a \
0000040 Á ¿ 227 \t Õ 217 g 212 ` 203 + O ÷ T ª ª
0000060 ¸ ê 033 ´ Ð 025 ¥ h ¥ 220 225 ² < Ê m £
0000100 0 025 017 D ' M 022 G H 210 ë È 007 å n 037
0000120 Í ñ Ã ù ± Õ ë \b î ^ ® i 215 p 7 ø
0000140 = ¥ / 213 006 ù 211 ª Ï ° Í Ù i ó « È
0000160 217 \f C & : { 226 201 G 007 031 ¤ * W & ó
0000200 ï ¦ N T ¡ 035 024 ¼ 232 î P \r ` ï î )
0000220 ä I & 027 Ç # " Î Å Ä 034 ý * Ã { 230
bash-2.05#

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-28-2012 at 11:50 AM.. Reason: wrappping - mod: code tags
# 4  
Old 05-28-2012
First thought is that the tar archive is corrupt.

Where did the archive come from? Did you create it?

Did you ftp it onto the system? If so, did you use "binary" transfer?
# 5  
Old 05-29-2012
Whatever that file is, it is not a tar archive .
What do you get for:
Code:
file sunos.tar

# 6  
Old 05-29-2012
That was in the OP, it doesn't recognize it, just says 'data'.
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