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problems with tar, please help!!!!
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gee308
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May 30, 2001, 10:14 AM
 
Hi, whenever I transfer over *.tar.gz files to OSX retail from any other unix box(like linux or OpenBSD), when I try to decompress them with gnutar -zxvf or tar -zxvf or gunzip -d, etc I get the error "invalid header, starting valid header search". I also tried using stuffit expander and I got io errors. I use ftp to transfer files and I tried many different files. I can untar if I download directly from the internet though. Can someone please explain how I can untar properly so I don't have to redownload many apps over a 56k line? Thank you in advance.
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May 30, 2001, 10:15 AM
 
Moving this over to OS X - Usage & Support.
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