Aucbvax.2899 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Sep 1 17:06:34 1981 Robust Tar >From guyton@RAND-UNIX Tue Sep 1 17:00:35 1981 I've mailed off to JMETZGER a slightly more robust version of the 4.0bsd Tar that I've used to read bad tapes. A few details in case anyone else is interested in getting it: a) It "recovers" after reading bad tape blocks during the "t" and "x" commands. b) If a bad data block is read, it is discarded and the name of the file with the missing block is logged. c) If a bad directory block is read (directory blocks contain information about the following file, they're not real unix directory blocks), that block and the following data blocks are discarded until a valid directory block is encountered. Warning msg produced for each block skipped. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.