[COMPRESS-197] Tar file for Android backup cannot be read

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Component/s: Archivers
• Labels: tar
• Assignee: Jukka Zitting
• Reporter: Trejkaz
• Created: 02/Aug/12 02:21
• Updated: 05/Aug/12 19:55
• Resolved: 05/Aug/12 19:55

Description

Attached tar file was generated by some kind of backup tool on Android. Normal tar utilities seem to handle it fine, but Commons Compress doesn't.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid byte 0 at offset 5 in '01750{NUL}{NUL}{NUL}' len=8
    at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarUtils.parseOctal(TarUtils.java:99)
    at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry.parseTarHeader(TarArchiveEntry.java:788)
    at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry.<init>(TarArchiveEntry.java:308)