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From: palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 'Tar' & feathered (ESIX)
Message-ID: <1054@fiver.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 90 16:50:29 GMT
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From article <5565@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, by trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy):
> Problem with ESIX 'tar' command....Tried 
>           'tar xvf ls-lr.Z'    and...
> got messages like
>     1). Bad checksum on directory
>     2). Invalid blocksize (Blocks=20)

  It's a two step process. 
   1.) compress -u GCC1371.tar.Z
   2.) tar xvf GCC1371.tar

> do I need a different version of tar under
> ESIX for GNU (like tar.Z).
   No. You do need the compress program though. If you don't have it,
it's available for downloading off my bbs. File: compress  located in
the 'unix_fmaint' files area. Data line number should be in my .sig.

> Problem with GCC1371.Tar.Z is that host system
> (Vax Ultrix) denies access to 'Tar' & this
> 1.5M file wont fit to floppy medium & requires
> about 4 hours to download at 2400 baud!!!

  The problem is with your host system that denies you access to 'tar'. If
it helps any I also made availble the 1.37 of GCC for ESIX. It's in a file
called 'gcc386.tar.Z' located in the 'unix_c' files area. It is only the 
executables and doc, file size is 327K so it should take 4 hours to 
download at 2400.

> Nothings easy, eh????

  Try sex.

---Bob 
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