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950203: netcdf.tar.Z

  • Subject: 950203: netcdf.tar.Z
  • Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 15:37:16 -0700
>From: address@hidden (Kevin Anderson)
>Organization: UCAR/RAP
>To: address@hidden
>Keywords: 199502031827.AA24771


Kevin-

>
>I am trying to use tar to extract the source code for netcdf.tar.Z and
>I am getting a "permission denied" error.  The form of tar i am usind is:
>
>% tar -xvt netcdf.tar.z
>
>Am I doing something wrong ?
>

To extract the tar file, you first must uncompress it.  Try

zcat netcdf.tar.Z | tar -xvt -

to see the contents.  Make sure you have write permision in the directory
that the compressed tar file is in.

Don Murray