[ale] Backup problems

[Gary S. MacKay]

If I open a xxx.tar.gz file that I've downloaded, WinZip opens it just
fine. If I try one that I've created, I can open the .gz part and see the
.tar file inside. When I tell it to open the .tar file, it hammers the
disk for awhile, then tells me it's an invalid file. Does this point to
the .tar part, or could it still be the .gz part? Also, I need to exclude
the /mnt/* tree to prevent a loop! Will adding something like  "--exclude
/mnt" to the end of the command work?

BTW, I will try your suggestion.



On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Joe Knapka wrote:

> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:45:29 -0400
> From: Joe Knapka <jknapka at charter.net>
> To: Eric.Ayers at mindspring.com
> Cc: Gary S. Mackay <Gary at edisoninfo.com>, ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Backup problems
> 
> Gary,
> 
> I seem to recall having trouble with WinZip when using
> Gnu tar's integrated compression. Also, some versions
> of WinZip can get confused when there are multiple
> "." in the filename.
> 
> Try doing the compression separately, i.e.
> 
> tar cvf / backup.tar
> gzip backup.tar
> 
> And also try renaming the file backup_tar.gz
> 
> Luck,
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> > Gary S. Mackay writes:
> >  > Problems:
> >  > 1. The Aug3099.tar.gz file that gets created is not readable by WinZip on the
> >  > NT box. Since I can extract other *.tar.gz files that I download, I'm guessing
> >  > I'm doing something wrong.
> >  > - Gary
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