cobi@Shuttle ~/My_Folders/My Backups/alaska $ file alaska.tar
alaska.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
cobi@Shuttle ~/My_Folders/My Backups/alaska $ tar -xvpf alaska.tar
tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name

lost+found/
dev/
proc/
var/
var/lib/
var/lib/rpm/
var/lib/rpm/Requirename
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
cobi@Shuttle ~/My_Folders/My Backups/alaska $