Tar blockSize problem

Hi,

i have got a tar file some 200MB big and i have ftp'ed the tar file over from one server to another but it does not seem to extract. its giving the following message:

tar xvf saptar
tar: blocksize = 2

Its the first time i used tar so I not got any ideas why its giving this message? Any ideas?

thanks
Mani

A mismatch in tar versions can cause this.

Also, if you're dealing with a text file can I recommend compressing the file? Tar doesn't compress, it simply creates an archive.

#file file_name you can see your file type