Re: tar problem

Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:

Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

The script they quoted does "tar -xf $1.tar.gz", i.e. it adds .tar.gz.
 
Presumably the script they are actually running is different.

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Wondering: is there a space after "$1" (eg between that and the
dot). Also: is the script file a purely ASCII text file or does it
contain UTF-8 characters -- is the dot really an ASCII period
character or something else that "looks" like a period. Bash won't
like it if it is not an ASCII period and won't like white space where
it does not belong.

I think you need to review the first post in the thread. They already
have a working script, all they need to do is run it instead of the
broken one; that is what they are having troble with. Knowing the
difference between the two scripts won’t help at all.

Note the lack of "#!/bin/bash" at the start of the file could also be
causing problems.

Again I think you need to review the first post in the thread. This
would not cause the problem that’s actually on display.

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