[olug] Ugh... 2GB tgz backup w/corrupt files

[Sean Edwards]

I do not know the exact limit, but mc acts goofy when
with archives over a certain size.  It may be a
limitation in mc, or it may be a combination of mc and
available system resources.

Glad to help.

-=Sean=-
--- Eric Pierce <eric_olug at yahoo.com> wrote:

> yes!  I just tried that.  All is well now.
> 
> Must be some limitation with mc.  Bizarre how only
> certain seemingly unrelated
> files were affected.
> 
> Thanks, Sean
> 
> --- Sean Edwards <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here is a suggestion: don't use mc to cruise, view
> and
> > copy from a large tar/gzip archive.  Use the
> command
> > line options for tar/gzip, or unpack the whole
> thing
> > to somewhere else.
> > 
> >   
> > --- Eric Pierce <eric_olug at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I backed up my entire home dir tree with a
> simple
> > > 'tar zcvf'.  It's the way I
> > > always do it.
> > > 
> > > However, upon unpacking (within Midnight
> Commander),
> > > several of the files were
> > > corrupt.  However, all of the directory
> structures
> > > were still there.  I'd guess
> > > that 10-15% of my files were compromised.
> > > 
> > > I've never had this happen in my 4 years in
> Linux. 
> > > Fortunately (and quite
> > > amazingly!), none of my irreplacable files were
> > > affected.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know any trips or cookies for
> possibly
> > > recovering files in my
> > > incorrigible tgz?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for reading,
> > > Eric Pierce
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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