john connolly wrote :

> I guess the handwriting is on the wall here but is there anything I
> can do to untar the whole backup tar file?F
>
First use the file command to check what kind of archive kbackup (WTF is
kbackup?) did create, and if its a compressed archive then it might help
if you unpack it in two steps: first decompress and then untar.

Or maybe 'cpio -H -ivd filename.tar' can help you getting the most out
of the archive.
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Thomas O.

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