The file gtarfail.tar is a POSIX compliant tar file that is
not accepted by GNU tar.

A recent version of the files is always on:

	ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts/

Here is a star listing of the tar archive:

    518 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone May 25 16:41 2001 vedpowered.gif
   6825 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Apr 29 02:19 1997 cd.gif
  33354 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Jun 22 14:17 1999 DSCN0049c.JPG
  86159 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Jun  5 20:16 2001 Window1.jpg
   1310 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone May 25 15:05 2001 vipower.gif
 148753 -rw-rw-rw- jes/glone Sep 15 15:08 1998 billyboy.jpg


Here is how Sun's tar program lists the archive:

-rw-r--r-- 486/1060    518 Mai 25 16:41 2001 vedpowered.gif
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060   6825 Apr 29 02:19 1997 cd.gif
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060  33354 Jun 22 14:17 1999 DSCN0049c.JPG
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060  86159 Jun  5 20:16 2001 Window1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060   1310 Mai 25 15:05 2001 vipower.gif
-rw-rw-rw- 486/1060 148753 Sep 15 15:08 1998 billyboy.jpg


And this is how GNU tar lists is:

-rw-r--r-- jes/glone       518 2001-05-25 16:41 vedpowered.gif
gtar: Skipping to next file header
-rw-r--r-- jes/glone     33354 1999-06-22 14:17 DSCN0049c.JPG
gtar: Skipping to next file header
-rw-r--r-- jes/glone      1310 2001-05-25 15:05 vipower.gif
gtar: Skipping to next file header


/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Next try: gtar-1.13.25 and file gtarfail2.tar


A star lising of the archive:

    214 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Sep 21 16:08 2001 .clean
      0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/cats May  7 14:39 1998 RULES -> makefiles/RULES
      0 drwxr-sr-x jes/glone Dec 10 01:00 2001 build/
 312019 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Dec 10 01:00 2001 build/smake-1.2.tar.gz
      0 drwxr-sr-x jes/glone Nov  9 19:20 2001 build/psmake/
    259 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Jan  9 17:36 2000 build/psmake/MAKE
   4820 -rwxr-xr-x jes/glone Feb 25 23:45 2001 build/psmake/MAKE.sh
    647 -rw-r--r-- jes/glone Feb 26 00:50 2001 build/psmake/Makefile
      0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/glone Aug 29 12:53 2001 build/psmake/archconf.c -> ../archconf.c
      0 lrwxrwxrwx jes/glone Aug 29 12:54 2001 build/psmake/astoi.c -> ../../lib/astoi.c
star: 31 blocks + 8192 bytes (total of 325632 bytes = 318.00k).

A Sun tar listing of the archive:

-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060    214 Sep 21 16:08 2001 .clean
lrwxrwxrwx 486/2000     15 Mai  7 14:39 1998 RULES symbolic link zu makefiles/RULES
drwxr-sr-x 486/1060      0 Dez 10 01:00 2001 build/
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060 312019 Dez 10 01:00 2001 build/smake-1.2.tar.gz
drwxr-sr-x 486/1060      0 Nov  9 19:20 2001 build/psmake/
-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060    259 Jan  9 17:36 2000 build/psmake/MAKE
-rwxr-xr-x 486/1060   4820 Feb 25 23:45 2001 build/psmake/MAKE.sh
-rw-r--r-- 486/1060    647 Feb 26 00:50 2001 build/psmake/Makefile
lrwxrwxrwx 486/1060     13 Aug 29 12:53 2001 build/psmake/archconf.c symbolic link zu ../archconf.c
lrwxrwxrwx 486/1060     17 Aug 29 12:54 2001 build/psmake/astoi.c symbolic link zu ../../lib/astoi.c

A gtar-1.13.25 listing of the archive:

-rwxr-xr-x jes/glone       214 2001-09-21 16:08:36 .clean
drwxr-sr-x jes/glone         0 2001-12-10 01:00:58 build/
/tmp/gtar: Skipping to next header
/tmp/gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
drwxr-sr-x jes/glone         0 2001-11-09 19:20:33 build/psmake/
/tmp/gtar: Skipping to next header
-rwxr-xr-x jes/glone      4820 2001-02-25 23:45:53 build/psmake/MAKE.sh
/tmp/gtar: Unexpected EOF in archive
/tmp/gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

