Subject: Re: file integrity of *.tar.gz archive
To: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/26/2001 12:25:42
On 26 Apr 2001, Georges Heinesch wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Not strictly NetBSD related, but it happenend on my NetBSD system ;)
>
> I have a bunch of *.tar.gz archives with are possibly corrupt
> (download stopped too early).
>
> How can I say whether those files are complete or not?
> Does "tar -tzf" provide evidence?

	It should give an error at the end for corrupt files.

	You should be able to use 'reget file' or 'ftp -R <url>' to
	complete a partial download.


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