[afnog] Untar large files

[Veronique Umutesi]

Dear SM

I use tar cvfpz for compressing. After a week there is a cron task to take
the incremental backup and compress it using the tar cvfpz 

Thanks
Veronique Umutesi
System Administrator
Broadband Systems Corporation (BSC Ltd) Office : 2nd  Floor, 
Telecom House, Blv de L'Umuganda | P. O.Box  7229 Kigali, Rwanda | 
Call 4141 | Email: veronique.umutesi @bsc.rw Website: www.bsc.rw





-----Original Message-----
From: SM [mailto:sm at resistor.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:35 PM
To: Veronique Umutesi
Cc: afnog at afnog.org
Subject: RE: [afnog] Untar large files

Hi Veronique,
At 08:45 24-10-2012, Veronique Umutesi wrote:
>The backup was compressed on the same system. The backup is first 
>incremental and after a week it gets compressed on a different partition.

Did you use the "G" option when you tarred the file?  After a week, do you
gzip the file or do something else?

>Can it be tested for corruption?

The command output you posted points to something corruption and incorrectly
untarring the file.

Regards,
-sm