How can I use tar to unpack app bundles manually?

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I'm trying to unpack the app tars, but it isn't working.

E:\Splunk\etc\apps>tar -xvf SplunkforF5.tar.gz 
tar: This does not look like a tar archive 
tar: Skipping to next header 
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors 

E:\Splunk\etc\apps>tar -xvf SplunkforBlueCoat.tgz 
tar: This does not look like a tar archive 
tar: Skipping to next header 
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

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The .gz or .tgz suffix indicates compression. Add a -z to the tar command, to uncompress before untarring:

E:\Splunk\etc\apps>tar -xzvf SplunkforF5.tar.gz
contents of SplunkforF5.tar.gz listed...

E:\Splunk\etc\apps>tar -xzvf SplunkforBlueCoat.tgz
contents of SplunkforBlueCoat.tgz listed...

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answered 25 Feb '10, 22:29

Mick ♦
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edited 26 Feb '10, 18:49

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Answer 2

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On some .. older.. unix platforms, tar may not natively support compression, in this case, your recipe is as follows:

gzip -d -c SplunkforF5.tgz | tar -xvf -

unpack the gzip to standard out, and then have tar unpack standard in.

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answered 05 Mar '10, 23:07

jrodman ♦
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