Tar oddity...

Fri Dec 18 06:28:09 UTC 2009

On 12/17/2009 11:51 PM, DB wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've just (re)installed F12 on my laptop, & tried to copy my home
> directory (F11) from my desktop using tar.
>
> The create went OK, & I can do tar tvh on the desktop no probs. But when
> I connect the external drive to the laptop, tar tvh says it's closing
> because of previous errors; ark refuses to open the .tar.gz file as it
> has errors.

Please show us the actual error message. You are not providing 
sufficient details to be able to help.

Ralf