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tar bug? - Vincent L - 2008-09-09
im running rhel 4 this is only happened once
i create a archive file using tar:
tar -cvf <file>
then the tar was successfuly create the file but in time when i issue the command ls -l the output od the file was
-rwsrwsrwt 1 root root 0 jan 1 1970 whfbhsdvbgfjsdbvkbhbfshvbashbvua???????????????sdfsdg???????
please help about this!
thnx!
tar bug? - anyweb - 2008-09-09
if you do
Code:
file filenamewhat is the output ?
tar bug? - Vincent L - 2008-09-09
the error message is this
![[Image: error.JPG]](http://www.geocities.com/vincent_louis08/error.JPG)
this is happen once
tar bug? - Dungeon-Dave - 2008-09-24
Quote:i create a archive file using tar:You don't say *what* you're creating the file with - the contents. The command should read something like:
tar -cvf <file></file>
tar cvf homedirs.tar /home
I'm guessing you've created a tarfile containing the current directory, which contains the tarfile itself, which... etc.
An alternative thought: can you run tar tf FILENAME to look at the contents of the file?