You should use tar -xzvf ......
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently downloaded and installed Apache 1.3.20 and have it working no
> problem. Now, I have downloaded Tomcat 3.2.3
> (jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3-src.tar.gz) and I'm trying to unpack it so I can begin
> the installation and configuration.
>
> Using this command...tar -xvf
> /usr/local/downloads/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3-src.tar.gz, I received the
> following error...
>
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: 453 garbage bytes ignored at end of archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> I have been following the documentation written but, no matter what, I
> receive the above error. Am I doing something wrong? Can anyone help? I
> downloaded directly from the Apache website.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Wilson.
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