From owner-freebsd-java Sun Dec 6 08:25:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11133 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 08:25:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11128 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 08:25:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA02056; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:24:58 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA29966; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:24:57 -0700 Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:24:57 -0700 Message-Id: <199812061624.JAA29966@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: networld Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: error occured when untar the file In-Reply-To: <3669F7DC.8B456546@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in> References: <3669F7DC.8B456546@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I download the tar file jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz from the site > http://www.freebsd.org/java/. > > when i untar the file using the command > > tar xvfp jdk1_1_7_V98-11-5_tar.tar > > I receive the following errors > > ------ > > tar: Cpio file name length 41251 is out of range > tar: Cpio file name in header is corrupted Whatever version of tar you are using is now compatible with any version of tar I've used. This is a tar archive, not a cpio archive. Are you sure you downloaded the file in binary mode? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message