19990120: NAWIPS installation problem

Dave,
The options to your tar command should have a space before the "-".
.
The line should read:
gunzip -c gempak54upc_pl8.tar.gz | tar xvf -

The tar command says to "x" extract in "v" verbose mode the
"f" file name which follows...and "-" says that the file is standard
input...which is the output from the gunzip command.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


>From: Dave Levinson <address@hidden>
>Organization: USDA-ARS NWRC
>Keywords: 199901201708.KAA21623

>Dear Unidata Support:
>
>We have been trying to install nawips-5.4/gempakupc_pl8.tar.gz on our
>SUN Ultra10 workstation, and have had a problem with getting the gunzip
>and tar of this latest version to uncompress and un-tar!
>
>Steve Chiswell sent us a message with the instructions, but I guess we
>didn't provide the workstation info to Unidata when we applied for the
>license.  In any case, I don't seem to be able to gunzip and tar at the
>same time.  We have the gunzip utility, and of course I've used tar many
>many times.  I don't know exactly what's wrong, but this is an an
>example of what I try at the command line, and the message I get:
>
>blizzard{4} gunzip -c gempak54upc_pl8.tar.gz | tar xvf-
>tar: tapefile must be specified with 'f' option
>Usage: tar {txruc}[vfbFXhiBEelmopwnq[0-7]] [-k size] [tapefile]
>[blocksize] [exclude-file] [-I include-file] files ...
>
>I would greatly appreciate any guidance on this problem that you might
>have!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave.
>
>--
>Dr. David Levinson, Meteorologist
>Northwest Watershed Research Center
>USDA-Agricultural Research Service
>800 Park Blvd., Plaza IV, Suite 105
>Boise, Idaho 83712
>Ph (208) 422-0724, Fax (208) 334-1502
>
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