Re: GNU tar problem

"Everett M. Greene" wrote:

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[Late news: I had a copy of the Gnu tar source so I built a
copy of tar with it with the idea of being able to use a
debugger to get a better handle on the nature of the problem.
When I ran it, it worked without a problem. So the problem
is "resolved" although I don't know why the version I've
been using for so long has suddenly failed.]

I assume you are using Linux, and thus no defragging programs.
This greatly reduces the possibility of problems. However, if you
are lacking ECC memory, any copying of the original files can leave
an undetected bit drop. The only detection method of which I am
aware is a MD5sum file on everything concerned. This includes
shared libraries.

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