Re: Anyone has problem with uncompress?

From: Johan Dustler (epkjodu@thepk2.ericsson.se)
Date: 03/15/96


 
> Anyone has problem with uncompress? I could unzip but not a
> tar..when I type tar xvf patch.pl8-pl9
> tar:Hmm,this doesn't look like a tar archive.
> tar:skipping to next file header...
> tar:patch89: read 4132 bytes, strange...
> 
> that patch89 is patch.pl8-pl9.gz and also I could't untar patch.pl9-8l10
> please if you know about this problem..give me advance..Please..
> I got those files from cambot.res.jhu.edu /pub/CircleMUD/3.x
> bye~!


The reason you couldn't untar the file, is because
it is not a tar archive.
It's just a gziped text file.

-Johan



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