Hum...
I know. You use M$ Windaube to browse, don't you ?
Your Problem is that Netscape for Windows (You use Netscape, no ?) rename the
.tar.gz files into _tar.tar sometimes.
So... Your file isn't a TAR file but a TAR.GZ file.
use
tar zxvf file_tar.tar -C DIRECTORY_TO_UNTAR
Bye !
Jeff Higgins wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is my first post here, so be gentle. I'm INCREDIBLY hopeless when it
> comes to Linux (hopefully not for long :). I'm running Redhat 5.0 under a
> P200MMX with 96MB RAM.
>
> Here's the problem: I downloaded a program called "X-ISP". It came in .tar
> format. When I used the command "tar" with the "-x" or "--extract"
> settings, it just sat there. This is what I was typing:
>
> tar --extract xisp_5p9_tar.tar
>
> After I typed this, it just sat there. Nothing happened. I ended up
> ctrl-c'ing it so I could do something again. I tried this multiple
> times, to no avail. So... any idea what's going on? Better question:
> What am >I< doing wrong? Are there any alternitaves to "tar"?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff Higgins
>
> "Randomness is a useful shorthand
> for describing a pattern that's bigger
> than anything we can hold in our minds."
>
>
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Computers are like airconditioners -
They STOP WORKING properly when you open WINDOW
