Auwvax.303 net.wanted utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!solomon Sun Apr 4 09:15:56 1982 Zapped tar tapes A simple six-line fix to tar helps a lot in recovering from errors. I've posted the fix to net.sources. It allows retries after a "directory checksum error". It doesn't deal with hard read-errors on the tape, but an extension to cover that problem should be straightforward. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.