From: Tom D. <td...@vg...> - 2000-06-16 14:45:44
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Larry W. Virden wrote: > I've used both the http and the ftp servers, downloading, of course, in > binary mode. Hmm ... so the file wasn't corrupted by the transfer then. > Interestingly enough, if I use Sun's tar command instead of the GNU tar > command, I am able to extract the tar file! And I used GNU tar to build the file ... [tdyas@lexicon tdyas]$ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.17 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; see the file named COPYING for details. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. What version of GNU tar did you use? (It shouldn't matter but at this point, it might be relevant.) |