Erik Alvarez wrote: > > Hi, when trying to decompress a tar file I get this error. Can someone tell if there is a way to fix it or is the file lost? > > rik@pogo:~$ tar -ixvf backup.tar Why the -i option ? Normally extracting a tar file can be done without it. I dont see why it should cause problems, but you might want to try without it. Happy Hacking, \Gandalf