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John, > To: address@hidden > cc: address@hidden (Ramesh Rao) > From: address@hidden (John Sheldon) > Subject: Trouble untarrring netcdf-3.3a > Organization: Princeton/GFDL > Keywords: 199702042127.OAA26178 In the above message you wrote: > This is going to sound strange, but I'm having trouble untar-ing > netcdf-3.3a.tar.Z on our Cray T90. When I do this: > > zcat netcdf-3.3a.tar.Z | tar xvf - > > I get this: > > cmd-3746 tar: x netcdf-3.3a, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks > cmd-1004 tar: Cannot create 'netcdf-3.3a/src'. > cmd-3749 tar: mkdir 'netcdf-3.3a/src' failed: Not a directory > cmd-1004 tar: Cannot create 'netcdf-3.3a/src/INSTALL'. > cmd-3749 tar: mkdir 'netcdf-3.3a/src' failed: Not a directory > cmd-1004 tar: Cannot create 'netcdf-3.3a/src/MANIFEST'. > . > . > . > > I verified that this approach still works for the old 3.2a tar file, so > I'm pretty sure I'm doing things correctly (one starts to doubt one's > sanity, at this point !:-). Strangely enough, the un-tar-ing *does* > work OK on my SGI. As a workaround, I suggest making a new tar(1) file from the un-tar(1)ed distribution on the SGI. Please keep me apprised. -------- Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>