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  2. From: lad@remus.rutgers.edu (Kamlesh)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  4. Subject: tar, directory checksum error
  5. Keywords: tar
  6. Message-ID: <Jan.27.21.52.05.1993.29751@remus.rutgers.edu>
  7. Date: 28 Jan 93 02:52:07 GMT
  8. Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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  12.     I get the error,
  13.  
  14.     "directory checksum error"
  15.  
  16.     when I try to extract a certain file from a tar archive.
  17.  
  18.     Does this mean that the tape is bad?
  19.  
  20.     Can the file be recovered?
  21.  
  22. -Kamlesh Lad
  23. lad@remus.rutgers.edu
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