filetype tar.gz.tar
 

I'm trying to untar an apache and php file, each of them have the file extension of *.tar.gz.tar. When trying to untar it I get the error...

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data -- format violated
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


How do you untar this kind of file? Thanks.

- Brad

I get these files when i download them in Windows. Rename them to *.tar.gz and it should work.

I'll try that, thanks!

Ok I did this...

gunzip php-4.3.3.tar.gz


and got this error message...


"incomplete literal tree"
"gunzip: php-4.3.3.tar.gz: invalid compressed data -- format violated"


I'm still doing something wrong.

i don't know how gunzip works, but try using file-roller, just type that into a terminal and it will give u a nice gui to untar your file

try using

tar -zxvf php-4.3.3.tar.gz

Did you try MD5SUM ?