On 26/08/17 08:34 AM, Michael Hirmke wrote:
you could try to unzip it first to a pure tar file.
+1 If that fails you know the problem is with the compression not the TAR.
Besides that, http://www.gzip.org/recover.txt gives a few hints how to handle corrupt gzip files.
My experience is that TAR is not that reliable. The bigger the file, the more likely it is to be a problem. But then ALL software seems to have problems, more so for some people that others. I recall a time in my life when merely my presence seemed to be a jinx for electronic devices and some of them 'blew up', that is they went bang and produced smoke and copious amounts of heat and damaged at least the circuitry. One time this was heating element and the retort exploded and fragments of glass went flying. For some reason I had bent down below bench level, tie a shoelace or pick something up, and escaped it. Someone later quoted part of "Child in time" to me. These days electronics works but plant life fails. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org