TAR Error - 'Invalid block size'

[Tohar Trabinovitch]

I use the TAR.php file for extract tar.gz file. The tar file extracted
fine, but the tar class raises the 'Invalid block size 351'. Why? And
how can I discard this error.

Thanks,
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Tohar Trabinovitch
Software Engineer
[email]tohar@sphera.com[/email]
Tel: 972-3-9008200
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[Ray Hunter]

> > I use the TAR.php file for extract tar.gz file. The tar file extracted
> > fine, but the tar class raises the 'Invalid block size 351'. Why? And
> > how can I discard this error.

>
> Basically, tar writes in block sizes of 512 bytes so you are receiving
> an invalid block size smaller than 512 which has a size of 351. Not sure
> how you can suppress these messages via TAR.php. However, if you get a
> new tar files that has the blocking correct you will not receive that
> error.

You might be able to use the -B option to tar to suppress the block size
error. However, I have not tested that out before and I am not 100% sure
of the results that you will see. But possibly an option.

example:

tar -xvfB file.tar


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