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mctom
n00b
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: I have a problem with a tar file in linux |
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Hi all,
I try to extract a tar file
and this is the problem that I got:
| Code: | [root@server ~]# tar zxfv home.tar.gz
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers |
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[root@server ~]# tar xf home.tar
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
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I tried to do all and I don't know what to do...
I manage a host company and in the tar files there are all the files of the customers...
so I need this very quickly.
thanks
Tom. |
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adaptr
Watchman
Joined: 06 Oct 2002
Posts: 6730
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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You mailed this, didn't you ?
As the message says, the file is base-64 encoded.
Run it through a decoder first, then use tar.
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mctom
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Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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base-64 decoder
what to do now?
thanks!! |
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mctom
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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plz help  |
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maverick256
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Jan 2005
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Location: New York/NY
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: |
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dude, you really should like, google "base64 decoder" before you ask. Here is the link, but don't expect quick answers if you don't look for them youself.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64/ |
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