Title: Damaged TAR file? Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Damaged TAR file? * Resolved [ajs17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajs17/) * (@ajs17) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/) * The plugin has been running fine for several months now, but the last few backups appear to only have a handful of files in them when I list them, and when I try to decompress them, I get a ‘damaged TAR archive’ message. Interestingly, the size of the TAR file looks right, and would be way too large for the number of files it says it contains. * I am on Bluehost, and when I run the backup manually, I get 0 warnings and 0 errors, the log looks clean, but I still get an apparently corrupt TAR file. * Any guidance is appreciated. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/) * (@danielhuesken) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/#post-6040313) * If ther any messages in the log ? * Thread Starter [ajs17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajs17/) * (@ajs17) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/#post-6040317) * No, as I mentioned, 0 warnings, 0 errors, and the log generated looks normal as far as I can tell. I’ve pasted it below. * The archive file appears to be the correct size, but when I list the files in the archive, I see only a subset of them (no wp-content directory for example) and when I try to decompress it, only these files are recreated, with a message saying ‘damaged TAR archive’. (I’m a linux user.) * Thanks again for any help you can provide. Up until I noticed this issue, the plugin was working perfectly for me. * — [INFO] BackWPup version 3.1.4; A project of Inpsyde GmbH [INFO] WordPress version 4.1.2 [INFO] Blog url: [http://fingerlakesbeertrail.com/content/](http://fingerlakesbeertrail.com/content/)[ INFO] BackWPup job: Site Backup; DBDUMP+FILE+WPPLUGIN [INFO] BackWPup cron: 0 3 * * 0; Next: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 @ 03:00 [INFO] BackWPup job started manually [ INFO] PHP ver.: 5.4.39 (64bit); cgi-fcgi; Linux [INFO] Maximum PHP script execution time is 30 seconds [INFO] Script restart time is configured to 30 seconds [INFO] MySQL ver.: 5.5.42-37.1-log [INFO] Web Server: Apache [INFO] curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/1.0.0 [INFO] Temp folder is: /home4/fingern5/public_html/content/wp-content/ uploads/backwpup-96125e-temp/ [INFO] Logfile is: /home4/fingern5/public_html/ content/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-96125e-logs/backwpup_log_96125e_2015-04-21_19- 08-27.html [INFO] Backup type is: archive [INFO] Backup file is: /home4/fingern5/ public_html/content/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-96125e-temp/backwpup_96125e_2015- 04-21_19-08-27.tar.gz [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] 1. Try to backup database … [21- Apr-2015 19:08:27] Connected to database fingern5_wo6496 on localhost [21-Apr- 2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate” with “~34” records [21- Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate_groups” with “~4” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate_linkmeta” with “~97” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate_schedule” with “~36” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate_stats” with “~3108” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_adrotate_tracker” with “~4936” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_commentmeta” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_comments” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_links” with “30” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_mappress_maps” with “394” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_mappress_posts” with “105” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_new_royalsliders” with “1” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_ngg_album” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_ngg_gallery” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_ngg_pictures” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_nxs_log” with “251” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_options” with “742” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:27] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_postmeta” with “9801” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:28] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_posts” with “1823” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:28] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_redirection_404” with “7990” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_redirection_groups” with “2” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_redirection_items” with “4” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_redirection_logs” with “12” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_redirection_modules” with “2” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_css” with “47” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_layer_animations” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_settings” with “1” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_sliders” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_slides” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_revslider_static_slides” with “0” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_term_relationships” with “631” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_term_taxonomy” with “88” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_terms” with “88” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_usermeta” with “474” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Backup database table “wp_bpgl_users” with “37” records [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Added database dump “fingern5_wo6496. sql” with 9.75 MB to backup file list [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] Database backup done! [21-Apr-2015 19:08:29] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …[ 21-Apr-2015 19:08:31] 1021 folders to backup. [21-Apr-2015 19:08:31] Restart will be executed now. [21-Apr-2015 19:09:34] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names … [21-Apr-2015 19:09:34] Added plugin list file “Finger- Lakes-Beer-Trail.pluginlist.2015-04-21.txt” with 3.88 kB to backup file list.[ 21-Apr-2015 19:09:34] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file … [21-Apr-2015 19: 09:34] Added manifest.json file with 6.88 kB to backup file list. [21-Apr-2015 19:09:34] 1. Trying to create backup archive … [21-Apr-2015 19:09:34] Compressing files as TarGz. Please be patient, this may take a moment. [21-Apr-2015 19:10: 01] Restart after 28 seconds. [21-Apr-2015 19:10:31] Restart after 28 seconds.[ 21-Apr-2015 19:10:46] Backup archive created. [21-Apr-2015 19:10:46] Archive size is 96.31 MB. [21-Apr-2015 19:10:46] 10500 Files with 268.14 MB in Archive.[ 21-Apr-2015 19:10:46] Restart will be executed now. [21-Apr-2015 19:10:48] 1. Try to send backup file to Dropbox … [21-Apr-2015 19:10:48] Authenticated with Dropbox of user adam (asmth@gmail.com) [21-Apr-2015 19:10:48] 1.85 TB available on your Dropbox [21-Apr-2015 19:10:48] Uploading to Dropbox … [21-Apr-2015 19: 11:15] Restart after 28 seconds. [21-Apr-2015 19:11:45] Restart after 28 seconds.[ 21-Apr-2015 19:14:12] Backup transferred to [https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files/sandbox/backwpup_96125e_2015-04-21_19-08-27.tar.gz](https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files/sandbox/backwpup_96125e_2015-04-21_19-08-27.tar.gz)[ 21-Apr-2015 19:14:12] One file deleted from Dropbox [21-Apr-2015 19:14:12] Job done in 345 seconds. * Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/) * (@danielhuesken) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/#post-6040407) * Soory, but i have teset it under windows with 7Zip. * i can only test it again or i must have a look to you tar file. * Thread Starter [ajs17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajs17/) * (@ajs17) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/#post-6040416) * OK, thanks for looking into it. Let me try decompressing it on a different machine to see if that makes a difference. I’ll report back. * Thread Starter [ajs17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajs17/) * (@ajs17) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damaged-tar-file/#post-6040440) * Interestingly, last night’s weekly backup is good, unpacks everything without an error. I also ran this job manually this morning after upgrading the WordPress core, and that file was also good. * So, this seems to have been a transient issue that hopefully won’t return. 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