File not uncompressing using tar

[r3b00+]

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

[thehorse13]

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.

[MrLinus]

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)

[backtrails]

Might be that you need to update your extracting program. Give that a try.

Backtrails

[r3b00+]

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

[MrLinus]

Try an absolute path. Maybe path issues?

Could do either

tar -xzvf ./filename.tgz

OR

tar -xzvf /path/to/filename.tgz

[EaseZE]

if tar is not working the command gunzip filename.tgz will extract it.

[thehorse13]

Yeah, you are right, the command *should* work, however, did you try the gunzip command anyway?

[r3b00+]

Ive tried both of those commands already MsMittens but no joy!
I have also tried gunzip too guys so no joy there either...

[MrLinus]

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>