On Mon, 21 May 2001 10:09:40 +0200
Lars Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Erik Alvarez wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, when trying to decompress a tar file I get this error. Can someone tell 
> > if there is a way to fix it or is the file lost?
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tar -ixvf backup.tar
> 
> Why the -i option ? Normally extracting a tar file can be done without
> it. I dont see 
> why it should cause problems, but you might want to try without it.
> 
It doesn't work either, I use the -i option because it the one that reports a 
problem, otherwise it just stop saying
 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Thanks

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