how to untar files with tar.tar extension
 

hi everyone

how can i extract the files with tar.tar extension
I downloaded skins for mplayer and i got files such as Abyss-1.7.tar.tar
pls help untaring this file

i am using rhel4 u2

pls also provide skin installation steps. Mplayer is installed in
/usr/local/bin, would i be needing to install skin in that same directory, if yes pls tell how to redirect it to /usr/local/bin

thanks in advance
john k m

if it really is two tar files, just untar it twice...

tar xvf blah.tar.tar
tar xvf blah.tar

I assume.

Maybe it is just a redundant file extension. What is the output of
First you can try to use tar in test mode:
and see if it gives the list of files inside the archive or if it prints any error message.

yeah, normally it's just a regular tar or a tar.gz

It's a tar.gz or tar.bz2 file that is renamed to tar.tar. So rename it back and you'll ok.
If you want to install additional skins copy the skin directory inside /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin

Regards

Or even a tar.bz2. The file command should enlighten us all.