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Hi, when i run tar -xvf linux_tools.tar.gz command from i686 architecture system having RHEL3 OS, it does not work. $tar -xvf linux_tools.tar.gz O/P : tar: This does not look like ...
  1. 06-01-2009 #1
    rakesh1981
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    Angry tar -xvf linux_tools.tar.gz not working on i686 arch

    Hi,

    when i run tar -xvf linux_tools.tar.gz command from i686 architecture system having RHEL3 OS, it does not work.

    $tar -xvf linux_tools.tar.gz

    O/P : tar: This does not look like a tar archive
    tar: Skipping to next header
    tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
    tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

    tar version is 1.13.25.


    But the same command works fine on x86_64 architecture having RHEL5 os.Here the tar version is 1.15.1.

    please help.

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    Rakesh
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    you should use zxvf since its gzipped archive, but this may not solve the problem
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    gzip -c linux_tools.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
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    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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