SMBCLIENT, tar problem

[William Lorfing]

> We are having problems getting a directory listing on some smbclient tar
> files. We have a tar file that is over 2.6GB.
> -rw-r--r--  1 amanda  wheel  2310961060 Dec  6 16:12 psoch_c+1.tar
> 
> When we run tar -tvf psoch_c+1.tar, it displays the listing up to a point
> and then gives us this error.
> tar: Skipping to next file header...  
> 
> We can run the same tar file through pax and we do not have any problems
> getting a listing.
> 
> From what we can tell, looking at the tar file, the error occurs over
> 100,000 - 512byte blocks into the file. The tar file looks like it lost 2
> bytes, thus causing the header position to change. When we ran pax, it
> said it was adjusting to a different length block.
> 
> I found some references to this error in one of the news groups, but never
> I never saw a response.
> 
> Any suggestions????
> 
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> Here are some of the machine specs:
> 
> We are using SMBCLIENT to backup a Windows 98 platform. This laptop has
> nearly 3.75GB worth of data on it.
> 
> We are running a FreeBSD box version 4.1.1.
> 
> The smbclient is
> > smbclient --version
> added interface ip=10.1.0.3 bcast=10.1.15.255 nmask=255.255.240.0
> Usage: smbclient service <password> [options]
> Version 2.0.7
> 
> 
> The tar client is
> parody# tar --version
> GNU tar version 1.11.2
> 
> or
> parody# gtar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13
>  
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>  
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> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William Lorfing
> System Administrator
> VIEO, Inc.
> 12416 Hymeadow Drive, Suite 200
> Austin, TX 78750
> 512.257.3031 x 108
> wlorfing at vieo.com
> 
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