[drd]

Hi, I downloaded all the OpenFOAM 1.2 files as instructed. When I issue the command:

tar -xvf OpenFOAM-1.2.General.gtgz

i get the following error,

tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 6559 bytes from OpenFOAM-1.2.General.gtgz
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

This happens with all the files.

I'd appreciate any suggestions?

Many Thanks

[fra76]

The correct command is:

tar -xzf OpenFOAM-1.2.General.gtgz

or

tar -xvzf OpenFOAM-1.2.General.gtgz
for verbose output

The important flag is "z", which means that the tar archive is gzip-compressed.

[drd]

I forgot to mention I am using Linux, I think its Redhat 9+?

Cheers

[stefanke]

I think you should be familiar with tar!

Since this is a tar-gzip file you have to filter the archive through gzip. So please use:

tar -zxvf ....


have fun

[fra76]

Same as above...

[drd]

Sorry, my mistake, I was sure I was typing tar -xzf not -xvf, it all works fine now.

Thanks

[yohannperrot]

I had also the problem with the command tar -xzf on Mac OS X. Instead of using the tradiotional command I unpacked the file with Stuffit