I would even suggest not using zcat given the solaris version only
examins .Z files.
try:
cat DBI-1.18.tar.gz | gunzip - | tar xvf -
this should work on all versions of solaris any just about any other
unix (assuming gzip is installed with a working tar)
"Adams, Bill TQO" wrote:
>
> rjtalbo wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to uncompress DBI-1.18.tar.gz which I downloaded
> > together with
> > Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2216.tar.gz &
> > Data-ShowTable-3.3.tar.gz
> >
> > from the MySQL down load page...
> > I followed the direction in the DBE-1.18 README but if I use the pipe
> > as instructed... gzip -cd DBI-1.18.tar.gz | tar xf -cd DBI-1.18
> > I get .... tar: Cannot open -cd: No such file or directory
>
> Depending on your OS, One of:
> zcat DBI-1.18.tar.gz |tar xf -
> tar xfvvz DBI-1.18.tar.gz
> gzip -cd DBI-1.18.tar.gz |tar xf -
>
> --Bill
>
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