On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:56:33 -0600, David wrote:
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What's this crap about?

>
>whenever I run pkgtool to install the povlinux.tgz, I get an error
>saying:
>tar (grandchild): read error on -: Input/output error
>tar (grandchild): at beginning of tape, quitting now
>tar (grandchild): error is not recoverable: exiting now
>gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>
>Anyone got any ideas?

try:

$ tar -xzvf povlinux.tgz

If you still get the error message I'd suggest that your download
is corrupted, so d/l the file again (but delete the old one first).



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If I can read your message does it mean thet your PGP stuff isn't
working?  What's the point if you're posting in a public place
anyway?

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