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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 13:52:39 -0500
From: Gregory Pietsch <greg AT babel DOT lz DOT att DOT com>
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To: Kenneth Axelson <kenneth DOT axelson AT tic DOT toshiba DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to Un-tar Documentation
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Here's a possible reason:  The file is a tar.gz file in disguise.  Rename it to cygwin-docs.tar.gz and see if it decompresses and untars.

Gregory Pietsch

Kenneth Axelson wrote:

> Hi,
> I downloaded cygwin-docs_tar.tar from www.cygwin.com and have been unable to untar it. When I try, tar gives me a message "tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive"
>
> Do you have any help for me?
>
> Thank you,
> Ken Axelson
>
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