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>From: address@hidden
>Organization: Lockheed
>Keywords: 199406081730.AA07229 netCDF compressed tar file

Rock,

>I am a new Internet user and would appreciate some assistance. After several
>trials and tribulations I have been able to transfer the netcdf.tar.Z file from
>you computer to my HP/UNIX system. However, when I try to access the files
>contained in netcdf.tar.Z I get a nasty error message. Since I am not a UNIX
>buff, I am becoming one however, I really don't know how to resolve this
>dilemma.
>
>Command        : tar tf netcdf.tar.Z
>Response: directory checksum error
>
>Command        : tar xf netcdf.tar.Z
>Response: directory checksum error
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

The file netcdf.tar.Z is a compressed tar file.  You first have to uncompress
it before untarring it.  I suggest either:

uncompress netcdf.tar.Z
tar xvf netcdf.tar

or

zcat netcdf.tar.Z | tar xvf -

Tom Yoksas