On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 01:38:43AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Some said it was a defect in gzip/gunzip or the builtin compressor.

Hmm, I haven't tried a different version of gzip.  I'll have to look
at that.

> Some said it was data corruption as the data were archived.

I hope not.  With this particular set of files I am trying to restore,
I am getting these errors from every backup I try.

> Some said it was the lack of using the "j" option.

Where would this be supplied?

> Some said it was a version thing, try a different one.

Of Amanda or tar?

> And Jorg Shilling said try to unpack it with his 'star' program.

Thanks Jon.  That last suggestion gets me back to my other question to
the list yesterday. Specifically, how do I get Amanda to use Star
instead of dump or gnutar? I don't know if it even possible.

Thanks,
Bryan Walton