[ILUG] Stupid Question time [tar]

[Kenn Humborg]

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From: 	Twomey_Mark at emc.com
Sent: 	26 November 1999 17:43
To: 	ilug at linux.ie
Subject: 	[ILUG] Stupid Question time [tar]

> Stupid question time.
>                               I've got myself a .tar.Z file that I need to
> extract.
> However when I use tar xvf filename.tar.Z it spits back  tar :directory
> checksum error
> My question is what is this and what can I do to fix it?

Use uncompress.  .Z is the traditional suffix for a file compressed
with the compress command.

$ uncompress filename.tar.Z
$ tar tvf filename.tar

There may be options to uncompress to output to stdout
so that you can avoid the intermediate file.  Man is your
friend.

Later,
Kenn