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# 1  
Old 10-16-2008
Error while using tar
Hi,

WHile decompressing the files, i get the error tar: directory checksum error. After decompressing when i check the size of file, it is less than the original file. Due to this error, there is loss of data. How can this error be removed?


Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 10-16-2008
pls provide the disk usage output. what is the format of the file that you are compressing? whats the command you issued?
Capture and paste it.
# 3  
Old 10-16-2008
There are 2 files in the zipped folder. One is binary file, while the other one is .pdf. binary file is setup file of an application.
The command that i gave was tar xvf folder.tar. Below is the exact replica

$ tar xvf SupplyChainVisibility_solaris_master_6.3.1RC1.tar
x setup.bin, 84324622 bytes, 164697 tape blocks
tar: directory checksum error
# 4  
Old 10-16-2008
Your tar file might be truncated, corrupted or created by a uncompatible tar version. GNU tar sometimes create files that failed to be read by Solaris tar. Try gtar in that case.
# 5  
Old 10-17-2008
I have tried using gtar...gtar is not present in my machine. Below message is displayed.
gtar: not found
# 6  
Old 10-17-2008
gtar might be present but just not in your PATH. It is bundled with recent Solaris releases. Anyway, after reading again your first posting, I think your file is simply truncated. There is no way then to recover the missing data outside from that archive.
# 7  
Old 10-17-2008
try downloading your tar file again and try. could be corruption
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