1The file gtarfail.tar is a POSIX compliant tar file that is 2not accepted by GNU tar. 3 4Here is a star listing of the tar archive: 5 6 518 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone May 25 16:41 2001 vedpowered.gif 7 6825 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Apr 29 02:19 1997 cd.gif 8 33354 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Jun 22 14:17 1999 DSCN0049c.JPG 9 10 11Here is how Sun's tar program lists the archive: 12 13-rw-r--r-- 486/1060 518 Mai 25 16:41 2001 vedpowered.gif 14-rw-r--r-- 486/1060 6825 Apr 29 02:19 1997 cd.gif 15-rw-r--r-- 486/1060 33354 Jun 22 14:17 1999 DSCN0049c.JPG 16 17 18And this is how GNU tar-1.13.25 lists is: 19 20-rw-r--r-- jes/glone 518 2001-05-25 16:41:06 vedpowered.gif 21gtar: Skipping to next header 22-rw-r--r-- jes/glone 33354 1999-06-22 14:17:38 DSCN0049c.JPG 23gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors 24 25 26/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 27Next try: gtar-1.13.25 and file gtarfail2.tar 28 29 30A star lising of the archive: 31 32 214 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Sep 21 16:08 2001 .clean 33 0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/cats May 7 14:39 1998 RULES -> makefiles/RULES 34 0 drwxr-sr-x jes/glone Dec 10 01:00 2001 build/ 35 0 drwxr-sr-x jes/glone Nov 9 19:20 2001 build/psmake/ 36 259 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Jan 9 17:36 2000 build/psmake/MAKE 37 4820 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Feb 25 23:45 2001 build/psmake/MAKE.sh 38 647 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Feb 26 00:50 2001 build/psmake/Makefile 39 0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/glone Aug 29 12:53 2001 build/psmake/archconf.c -> ../archconf.c 40 0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/glone Aug 29 12:54 2001 build/psmake/astoi.c -> ../../lib/astoi.c 41star: 31 blocks + 8192 bytes (total of 325632 bytes = 318.00k). 42 43A Sun tar listing of the archive: 44 45-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060 214 Sep 21 16:08 2001 .clean 46lrwxrwxrwx 486/2000 15 Mai 7 14:39 1998 RULES symbolic link zu makefiles/RULES 47drwxr-sr-x 486/1060 0 Dez 10 01:00 2001 build/ 48drwxr-sr-x 486/1060 0 Nov 9 19:20 2001 build/psmake/ 49-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060 259 Jan 9 17:36 2000 build/psmake/MAKE 50-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060 4820 Feb 25 23:45 2001 build/psmake/MAKE.sh 51-rw-r--r-- 486/1060 647 Feb 26 00:50 2001 build/psmake/Makefile 52lrwxrwxrwx 486/1060 13 Aug 29 12:53 2001 build/psmake/archconf.c symbolic link zu ../archconf.c 53lrwxrwxrwx 486/1060 17 Aug 29 12:54 2001 build/psmake/astoi.c symbolic link zu ../../lib/astoi.c 54 55A gtar-1.13.25 listing of the archive: 56 57-rwxr-xr-x jes/glone 214 2001-09-21 16:08:36 .clean 58drwxr-sr-x jes/glone 0 2001-12-10 01:00:58 build/ 59-rwxr-xr-x jes/glone 259 2000-01-09 17:36:34 build/psmake/MAKE 60gtar: Skipping to next header 61gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers 62-rw-r--r-- jes/glone 647 2001-02-26 00:50:06 build/psmake/Makefile 63gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors 64 65