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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 17:43:39 -0800
From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan AT veritas DOT com>
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To: Gregory Pietsch <greg AT babel DOT lz DOT att DOT com>
CC: Kenneth Axelson <kenneth DOT axelson AT tic DOT toshiba DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Unable to Un-tar Documentation
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Gregory Pietsch wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

If true, your tar command will need the 'z' option:

	tar xzf tar_file

or alternately you can:

	zcat tar_file | tar xf -

> > 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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