what does the file command tell about this file you downloaded ?
type:
file thefileyoudownloaded.
it will tell you tar archive or file compressed with gzip , ...
pascal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Krings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: StarOffice 5.1
>
>
>
> Hi !
>
> Some time ago I downloaded SO 5.1 and tried to unpack
> it, after this
> didn't work i guessed it got broken while resuming the
> download. So i went
> through downloading again, and this time i did it directly
> under Linux. The
> result is the same. The strange thing is, that the KDE
> program arc says it
> is an unknown tar-archive. So I used the prompt to do it by
> hand with tar.
> tar then starts and does basically nothing, no unpacking, no
> error message,
> no activity at all. I redirected the output to a file (as it
> was multiple
> times explained on this list here) and after waiting about
> ten minutes i
> cancled tar. Neither on the screen nor in the file was
> anything that could
> give me a hint of what it would be.
>
> The idea to ask StarDivision directly would be calling
> them, basically
> no
> problem, but StarDivison charges about 3$ / min for calling
> the customer
> support here in germany, so i just try it here before i am
> broke. I then
> rather would buy it in the fancy box.....
>
> Does anyone has downloaded and installed SO 5.1 (german
> version) ?
> Would
> it be a good idea to try out a different ftp server ?
>
> I got it from the sunsite of the RWTH Aachen in germany.
>
> My system is a genuine RedHat 5.2
> kernel 2.0.36
> x running, with KDE
>
>
> Thanx for any help or hint.
>
> Greez
>
> Dave
>
>
