http://www.itworld.com/impossible-file-type xx http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/70093/impossible-file-types In spite of its long history as one of the tried and true Unix commands, even the tar command can offer some surprises. My first encounter with "impossible file type" errors took place earlier today. http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/70093/impossible-file-types#comments Offbeat Operating systems How-to impossible file type length Sandra Henry-Stocker Solaris 9 tar tvf Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:27:25 -0400 Sandra Henry-Stocker 70093 at http://www.itworld.com