hrmm.. A few things come to mind.


1) First redownload it. Sometimes these things just happen.

2) Try finding the file from another ftp

3) Open it with vi and take a peek at it. Maybe its actually a source code. Funny things happen on day 10 of strait coding.. lots of coffee.. and no sleep. Maybe the coder just messed up the file type.

4) try rpm'n it. (see above for explanation)

5) try seeing if its a binary (see above)

6) like MsM said.. check to make sure your tar commands are not aliased or trojan'd somewhere.

7) Check permissions again... chmod 777 it again just for kicks

8) check the paths again...

9) try other compression utilities

10) try messin with it in windows.. scarier stuff has happened before

11) write the author



well, thats about it from me.. good luck..


xmaddness