You want to use:
tar zxvf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_RHEL5.6_x86_64_gcc412.tar.gz
The "z" option is important because this is a compressed file. The "x" is needed to extract the files.
"tvf" is for *.tar files only, and is for giving you a "table of contents" of the tar file. It won't extract files.
--Mary
On Mar 7, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Jenny Fox - NOAA Federal <jenny.fox@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I’m just trying to update our NCL/NCARG installation on our linux boxes. I downloaded the following files:
>
> ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_RHEL5.6_x86_64_gcc412.tar.gz
> ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_RHEL6.2_x86_64_gcc446.tar.gz
>
>
> When I try to unpack them I get the following error:
>
> tar tvf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_RHEL5.6_x86_64_gcc412.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Are these files not gzipped? Is there another place I can get the binaries? I downloaded them twice, on two different machines, just to be sure.
>
> —jenny
>
> Jennifer Fox
> Unix Systems Administrator
> NOAA/ESRL/CSD
> 325 Broadway R/CSD
> Boulder, CO 80305
>
> (303) 497-4769 (office)
> (303) 497-5373 (fax)
>
> Jenny.Fox@noaa.gov
>
>
>
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