corrupted tar.gz archive - I lost my backups :)/:(

[Pegasus Mc Cleaft]

Hi, 

	It would depend, I think, on how the file is corrupted.  Is it the
compressed data that is corrupted or the uncompressed tar stream?  You might
want to try the pax(1) utility to see if it is able to push through the
errors (if its in the tar stream). 

	I was able to recover data from a corrupted cpio file that I created
(I was using huge file lengths and didn't realize that cpio had a file size
limit). 

Peg

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 14 February 2012 01:57
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> Subject: corrupted tar.gz archive - I lost my backups :)/:(
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Before making the move from 7.0 to 8.2, I ran a little script that did a
> backup of selected files and folders.
> 
> Trying to recover these files on 8.2, I found that some of the archives
> - unfortunately those with the files that are dear to me - are
> corrupted.
> 
> In other words, I just wanted to ask if there's anyone on here, who
> knows of a good repair utility for corrupted tar.gz archives?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> pancakeking79
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