Re: [Bug-tar] Recovering large backup file

[Joerg Schilling]

Sara Martínez-Alonso <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems recovering with tar large backup files (~4GB) I made under
> Linux with the tar-based script below. I can recover smaller backup files (up
> to ~3.9GB) with no problem. This is the error message I get:
>
> tar xpf /mnt/disk3/BACKUP_LINUX/zahir-01Jul.tar
> tar: Read 4095 bytes from /mnt/disk3/BACKUP_LINUX/zahir-01Jul.tar
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> I don't think the backup files are corrupt; could this be a problem caused by
> their size?

As a few weeks ago, there was a note that GNU tar had problems with sparse
files > 4 GB, I would asume this is a GNU tar problem.

Meanwhile, you could try star

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/

but there is a big chance that your files are lost.

Jörg

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