Hi, I am using the correct version of tar, I am executing it using /usr/local/bin/tar .
Seems to be a problem with tar itself. I will try and locate an older version and see if that does the trick. Thanks again! Alan DeBekker Platts Technology 212-904-3028 -----Original Message----- From: Andrews, Glenn J (Glenn) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:02 PM To: DeBekker, Alan; net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Problems un-taring net-snmp-5.2.1.tar What do you get when you 'tar --version' ? I get 'tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1' If you get.. tar: s: unknown option Usage: tar {txruc}[vfbFXhiBEelmopwnq[0-7]] [-k size] [tapefile] [blocksize] [exclude-file] [-I include-file] files .. Wrong tar :( You can do this... With the gnu tar.. tar xvzf net-snmp-5.2.1.tar.gz cd net-snmp-5.2.1 ./configure make make test make install Glenn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DeBekker, Alan Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:43 PM To: Bruce Shaw; net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Problems un-taring net-snmp-5.2.1.tar Thanks for all of the responses everybody! I Dl'ed the newest version of tar from sunfreeware.com and installed the package on my server (along with the libiconv package it says it requires). Now I am having tar problems. This is what I get: Bash-2.03# /usr/local/bin/tar /usr/local/bin/tar: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected bash-2.03# gzip -cd net-snmp-5.2.1.tar.gz | /usr/local/bin/tar xvf - bash: /usr/local/bin/tar: cannot execute binary file Broken Pipe Sorry for all of the questions, but I am new to the Unix/Linux world and the help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alan DeBekker Platts Technology 212-904-3028 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Shaw Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:59 AM To: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Problems un-taring net-snmp-5.2.1.tar download gnu tar from www.sunfreeware.com and invoke it as /usr/local/bin/tar. It's a known solaris bug. >I am trying to un-tar the net-snmp-5.2.1.tar file on a Solaris 8 server and I get the following message: "tar: directory checksum error " .Is anyone having this same problem? If so what did you do to fix it? This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
