Hello, I have the following problem: I'm making a tar file (from posix shell) of ascii files arranged in directories and sub-directories. Then I ftp the file to PC or UNIX station. Doing tar xvf there (UNIX) gives me the error message: x mytar, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks x mytar/mydir, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks tar: directory checksum error What is the problem? do I have to issue some special flags while running tar? Any ideas/suggestion? TIA, Noam