[olug] Ugh... 2GB tgz backup w/corrupt files

[Trent Melcher]

More than likely it's the old 2GB limitation.

Trent Melcher
Network/System Administrator
Startouch International LTD.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On 
> Behalf Of Eric Pierce
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:27 PM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: Re: [olug] Ugh... 2GB tgz backup w/corrupt files
> 
> 
> yes!  I just tried that.  All is well now.
> 
> Must be some limitation with mc.  Bizarre how only certain 
> seemingly unrelated files were affected.
> 
> Thanks, Sean
> 
> --- Sean Edwards <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here is a suggestion: don't use mc to cruise, view and
> > copy from a large tar/gzip archive.  Use the command
> > line options for tar/gzip, or unpack the whole thing
> > to somewhere else.
> > 
> >   
> > --- Eric Pierce <eric_olug at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I backed up my entire home dir tree with a simple
> > > 'tar zcvf'.  It's the way I
> > > always do it.
> > > 
> > > However, upon unpacking (within Midnight Commander), 
> several of the 
> > > files were corrupt.  However, all of the directory structures
> > > were still there.  I'd guess
> > > that 10-15% of my files were compromised.
> > > 
> > > I've never had this happen in my 4 years in Linux.
> > > Fortunately (and quite
> > > amazingly!), none of my irreplacable files were
> > > affected.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know any trips or cookies for possibly 
> recovering files 
> > > in my incorrigible tgz?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for reading,
> > > Eric Pierce
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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