[Bug-tar] Tar problem

[Gilles Germon]

Hi list

I have a problem with both gnutar and bsdtar to make a backup from a linux
server to a windows pc.
>From the pc I do :
Rsh linux -l test "cd directory_to_save;tar cf - *"|bsdtar -xf -
Only the first file of the backup is copied to the pc and bsdtar end with
this message : Unrecognized archive format : unknown error.
I tested with various directories and files without luck.

If I tar on linux to a file, ftp this file in ascii to the pc, and use
bsdtar to extract the archive, only the first file is extracted, like with
rsh. If ftp is made in binary, all files are extracted.

Is this a bug, incompatibility Windows/Linux, or what?


Thank's for advices
Regards
Gilles