Re: tar failure

[Andrew Clausen]

Hi David,

On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 03:58:41PM -0800, address@hidden wrote:
> I hate to expose my ignorance, but:
> 
> tar -vtf parted-1.6.6.tar.gf and tar -vtf parted-1.6.8.tar.gf gives:
> 
> tar:This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> What am I doing wrong/not understanding?

The tar file was gzipped.  So, you can either gunzip it, or do tar -vtfz
(note the z)

Cheers,
Andrew