[SOLVED] tar.gz not extracting

gardenair · 02-03-2011, 03:56 AM

I have downloaded a tar.gz file in my home direcrory.when I try to extract the file it show following erroe message.

Code:

[root@localhost home]#tar xvf blablabla.tar.gz
tar (child): blablabla.tar.gz:cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar  child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previos error
[root@localhost home]#

Kindly guide me.
garden

Aquarius_Girl · 02-03-2011, 04:39 AM

and what do you get when you run

Code:

file blablabla.tar.gz

?

b0uncer · 02-03-2011, 04:45 AM

1) verify that the file exists in the working directory

Code:

ls *.gz

2) make sure you wrote the filename correctly; try to ensure that it doesn't contain any characters that might either not print (well/at all) or may confuse your shell (characters that need to be escaped); to play safe, enclose the filename in double quotes, or use tab-completion (if available) which ensures you get it right.

3) make sure you have a "clean" command line, i.e., that there are no non-printing characters already typed when you start typing the command. I face quite often this problem when working on ssh between different machines, that sometimes the command line shows nothing (looks empty) but really contains some character(s) that simply do not print. In this case they mess up the commands typed in. To be clear, press Enter a couple of times to get a clean line.

repo · 02-03-2011, 04:45 AM

Quote:

tar (child): blablabla.tar.gz:cannot open: No such file or directory

Te file is not where you think it is (your /home) directory
what is the output from

Code:

ls

Kind regards

Aquarius_Girl · 02-03-2011, 04:51 AM

ahh, yes, so first of all you should do:

Code:

locate blablabla.tar.gz

gardenair · 02-03-2011, 04:58 AM

thanks a lot for the guidance. Yes my problem is solve now.

repo · 02-03-2011, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul

ahh, yes, so first of all you should do:

Code:

locate blablabla.tar.gz

This only works if the database is updated, using updatedb, after the file was downloaded.
Better to use

Code:

find /home/user -name blablabla.tar.gz[

Kind regards