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Date:      Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:24:57 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        networld <networld@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: error occured when untar the file
Message-ID:  <199812061624.JAA29966@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3669F7DC.8B456546@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in>
References:  <3669F7DC.8B456546@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in>

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> 
> 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

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