Please help corrupted(?) .sql.tar.gz file

[PromaneX]

I used to run an ipb forum and used a mod that would email me a tar.gz dump of the database every hour (unstable host, didn't trust the server not to loose posts an stuff) I recently tried to open one of the files only to e told by rar on windows that it is corrupt and the tar command on linux that it does not look like .. actually here is the output

root@***[/home/*******]# tar -zxvf forums-111306-0230am_sql.tar.gz
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors



I don't know if this means anything to someone with more knowledge than myself -i hope it does...

If someone can help me to work this out I will be forever in their debt!

[ccoonen]

try to run the Repair on WinRar, otherwise, try to view the raw data in wordpad or something, otherwise, rename to .rar and try to open then, or try a different decompression app.

[Pat Gael]

Total Commander can handle common archive files, including tar and gz archives.

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Try to retrieve the raw data as ccoonen suggests, then dump it via phpMyAdmin.