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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Warner wrote:

> I've encountered a file with extensions rpm.tar.  It's
> the international PGP distribution,
> PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar.
> 
> If I try to untar it (tar xvf), I get:
> 
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> If I try to run rpm on it, I get:
> PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar: not an rpm package (or
> package manifest):
> 
> I looked for an answer, but didn't locate one. 
> Checked the tar and rpm man pages, faq's for pgp,
> documentation for rpm, and google...nothing turned up,
> or I missed something.

See what "file PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar" returns. If it fails
to identify the file format, have a look at the beginning of the
file (e.g. with "less" or "hexedit") and tell us what you see.

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