Help with untaring files

KevStA · 05-19-2002, 10:58 AM

Hello everyone,

I just installed redhat 7.2 on my system, and i am having a problem with untaring files.

for instance i try to untar a file:

Quote:

tar -xvf file.tar.gz

and it comes up with this error:

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tar:this does not look like a tar archive
tar:skipping to next header
tar:151garbarge bytes ignored at the end of archive
tar:error exit delayed from previous errors

plus, when i goto my home directoy and double click on a program, file.tar.gz i get :

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nautilus has not installed a viewer capable of displaying "file.tar.gz"

[edit]plus i can't view whats inside rpm files, from my home directory, i'm guessing its the same problem which is causing the other problem.[/edit]

Does anyody know how to fix this or does anybody know a program to allow me to untar them etc.

Thankyou.

flesh75 · 05-19-2002, 11:16 AM

For files ending with gzip, try tar xzvf ...

For files ending with bz2, try tar xjvf ...

Orion224 · 05-19-2002, 12:46 PM

file.tar.gz files are not only tar'ed, but "zipped" as well. You can do the above, with -xzvf, or, you can use gunzip...

>$ gunzip file.tar.gz
>$ tar -xvf file.tar

ronin24 · 05-19-2002, 12:53 PM

Try Using lnxzip.