untar

[sam kim_1]

1) i just xferred a file using ftp from nt to hpux 11.x machine
2) then, i confirmed that the file
'vhpx407e.tar.z' is existing under root directory
3) then, i tried to untar (or unzip?) using several commands such as
4)#zcat vhpx407e.tar.z | tar -xf -
#zcat vhpx407e.tar.z | tar xf-
#zcat vhpx407e.tar.z | tar -xf
5)but the result is 'no such file or directory..'
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i have no clue and
'# man zcat' does not give me much ideas either !!

[Stefan Farrelly]

If the file has come from an NT box its unlikely to be in HP's compress format, try using gunzip or gzcat instead.

[John Palmer]

zcat expects the file to have a .Z subscript that is a capital Z.

[Antoanetta Naghiu · Accepted solution]

mv vhpx407e.tar.z vhpx407e.tar.Z
uncompress vhpx407e.tar.Z
tar xvf vhpx407e.tar

[Rick Garland]

The 'z' at the end of the file is most likely capitalized. This is a compressed file. To uncompress, use the 'uncompress' command. Remember to be aware of the pathing issues when using the tar command. You may want to start out by using the 'tar -tvf '. This will provide a table of contents to the tarball without doing and writing the tarball to disk. Again, be careful with the pathing issue in the tar command.

[sam kim_1]

i tried:
1) # gunzip vhpx407e.tar.z | tar -xf (or xf, xf-, -xf -)
2) # gzcat vhpx407e.tar.z | tar -xf - (or xf, xf-, -xf -)
3)result: nothing is working so far!!

[John Palmer]

How did you create the file on NT and did you ftp it in binary mode?

[sam kim_1]

thanks all and have a good day!!