Unpacking.tgz files

lachlan · 05-30-2003, 04:44 AM

Hi,
I have downloaded flash-0.4.10.tgz to my home directory and tried to unpack it with tar -zxvf flash-0.4.10.tgz,this was the outcome.
linux:/home/Kat12 # tar -zxvf flash-0.4.10.tgz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
linux:/home/Kat12 #

Cheers

Lachlan

MasterC · 05-30-2003, 06:24 AM

Check the filesize, and type:
file filename.tgz

It might not be gzipped, in which case:
tar xvf filename.tgz
Without the z

Cool

fsbooks · 05-30-2003, 06:25 AM

Try it without the "z" option. If you used a browser to download, sometimes the files are uncompressed "on the fly" before saving to disk. You can do a "file flash-0.4.10.tgz" to see what your system thinks it is, either tar archive or gzip compressed data.

BigNate · 05-30-2003, 06:28 AM

well if it is not in gzip format drop the z option:

$tar -xvf flash-0.4.10.tgz

good luck.

BigNate · 05-30-2003, 06:31 AM

hmmm...3 people with the same thought at the same time...scary