checksum error with TAR command

[Randy Durden]

I have downloaded the ssh5.2 tar file and I'm receiving directory checksum error when I run the tar commmand.

[Patrick Wallek]

Try downloading the file again.

[Jeff Schussele]

And to add to Patrick's wise advice I'd inquire as to the download path that file took.
Did it come to HP server via a PC?
If so you *must* make sure you FTP it to the server from the PC in binary fashion - not ASCII.
I've seen that shoot down many a download.

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[Randy Durden]

figured it out. I had to use the gunzip command first. Did not notice the .gz extension.

[Steven Schweda]

> figured it out. [...]

One more reason to show actual commands and
actual results in your original problem
description is that it forces you to look at
what you're doing, which saying "when I run
the tar commmand" does not do.

Solving the problem _before_ hitting "Submit"
can be _so_ much more satisfying.