Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Raqbackup Problem or CMU problem or Me!!

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I have noticed some problems with the backup tar.gz files.  If I download a
site out of the backup and try to expand it on my desktop machine (G4 OS
X.2) the file is corrupt.  But if I expand it on the server and re tar gzip
it from the command line, then download it it works fine.




> Hi Yah,
> 
> Right the tar.gz problem that I had :(
> 
> Pulled a random tar off of the backup server onto the server into a temp
> folder did a tar -xzvf group-www.domainname.com and viola all the correct
> files and folders were there.
> Now it's slightly off topic now but on both a Windows 2000 & Win98 SE using
> winzip and winrar I can open the tar.gz, see the tar but only one folder
> and the folder varies.
> 
> What I then did was download PentaZip for Win2000 cause I thought there
> maybe an issue with the WinZip & WinRar with NTFS...
> Downloaded some random tar.gz's off of the backup server (in binary), the
> first one opened okay and tra-lla could see all the web site files. Opened
> up the next one and could see the majority of the files but the likes of
> index.html etc were missing, opened up another, again the vast majority of
> files could be seen but some were still not showing. Then the final one all
> files were there...
> 
> Could it be that the software on the RaQ used for creating the tar.gz's and
> tar's is an old version and it's causing some problems with the newer
> software???
> Can I update it to the latest version???
> What files or version would I be looking for (still not up to play on Linux
> systems yet)??
> If renewing this will it screw up the raq or any dependant files??
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Chae
> 
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