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Wee problem when trying to uncompress a file.
tar xvzf <filename> gives me a 'Cannot open: no such file or directory' message.
The files are attempting to uncompress as they are scrolling down the screen but this message appears at the end of each one!
This is a legit file (original driver disc), so im stuffed!
Anyone any ideas?
Cheers
r3b007
What is the actual file name? Does it have a Z or a gz at the end? if so, type gunzip filename first then do a tar -xvf filename.
Anyway, this is all I can offer up without the exact filename.
Hope this helps.
Two things come to mind:
- Path
- location (write permissions)
An ls -l of the file(s) as well as exact command would be nifty. I've seen it once before with a student and it related to the fact that they had no write permissions as well as how they were attempting to download the file (using lynx)
Might be that you need to update your extracting program. Give that a try.
Backtrails
The files extension is tgz, so therefore tar xvzf should uncompress this.
MsMittens: Im in the directory where the file is located, so my PATH shouldnt really matter should it?
An ls -l of the file tells me it is executable by all.
Also ive tried uncompressing as root but i get the same thing.
I could be doing something real dumb here but im lost.
Any ideas?
r3b007
Try an absolute path. Maybe path issues?
Could do either
tar -xzvf ./filename.tgz
OR
tar -xzvf /path/to/filename.tgz
if tar is not working the command gunzip filename.tgz will extract it.
Yeah, you are right, the command *should* work, however, did you try the gunzip command anyway?
Ive tried both of those commands already MsMittens but no joy!
I have also tried gunzip too guys so no joy there either...
Hrmm.. disk space?? I dunno.. I'm at a loss at this point..
<WAGs - Wild Ass Guessing starts>
unless it's not finding the tar command and gunzip commands!?
Trojan'd commands maybe?
<WAGs stop>