> > Hello, I write from Spain and I'm novice in Linux World. > > I have a problem processing .tar file. When I write command "tar > xvf <file>.tar" to extract the file qt-1_42_tar.tar, then computer > return then next error message: > > tar: Hmm, this doesn`t look like a tar file > tar: Skipping to next file header > tar: Skipping to next file header > tar: Only read 1285 bytes from archive qt-1_42_tar.tar > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >
The problem is that tar does not recognize it as a tar file. Try file qt-1_42_tar.tar to see what type of file it really is. Maybe it is a gzipped tar file, in which case you need to use `tar xzvf qt-1_42_tar.tar'. Another possibility is that you downloaded it in text mode instead of binary mode. In that case you need to download it again. HTH, Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
