afio

[J.D. Fulreader]

	In attempting to solve this problem I have observed: 

		- there is no relationship between the type of file
 		  (binary,text,etc) and the corruption of that file 

		- varying the archive block size does not seem to 
 		  improve the problem (tar uses large block size to 
		  allow it to work across a communications channel 
		  that may not maintain block size) 

		- the problem improves when the  -c buffer count  
 		  option is used(afio recommends a large count when 
	          using a streaming magnetic tape drive)

		- improvement when a wait loop is used in the remote
 		  process that sends archive data through the pipe to 
		  the local afio process

		- the problem is worse with greater load on the 
		  network


	I would appreciate any suggestions or information concerning this 
 problem.