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- From: root@rwsys.wimsey.bc.ca (Superuser)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: tar with Coherent 4.0.1
- Message-ID: <9212192998@rwsys.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 13:57:03 GMT
- References: <7ia8sB1w164w@darktow.GUN.de>
- Organization: RWSYS Exporter BBS system
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- tn@darktow.GUN.de (Thomas Neugebauer) writes:
- > Hello!
- >
- > I've massive problems with tar extracting under Coh 4.0.1.
- > I got cnews from raven and try to unpack it.
- >
- > tar xf cnews.tar
- >
- > Then tar starts and says something like:
- >
- > cnews.tar: this doesn't look like a tar archive
- >
- > The same procedure with wnews and other files from raven. What can i do?
- > Is it a mistake of mine or is tar buggy, is the tar-file corrupt?
- >
- > Please help...
- >
- > Bye, Thomas
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Thomas Neugebauer tn@darktow.GUN.de tn@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
- > Dark-Tower Fidonet: Thomas Neugebauer, 2:2402/116
- >
-
- Try ustar.. it works much better:
- ustar -xvf cnews.tar
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