Just opening the file may not create an error. You have to read some files to check for errors.
On 15 August 2012 20:29, rudson alves <rudsonalve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I took a Slackware package file .tar (uncompressed) and edited with random > characters to generate any error in its structure, as shown in the test > bash below: > > $ tar -tf zoo.tar > ./ > install/ > install/slack-desc > tar: Pulando para o próximo cabeçalho > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > $ echo $? > 2 > > How can I verify the integrity of the tar file with tarfile module without > having to expand it? > > To be more precise, even expanding this file it not generated any error > message. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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