[TYPO3] Problems untarring typo3_src-4.0.tar.gz - archive corrupt?

[klaus brinch]

Hi Bee

upload the .tar file and have your host untar it. That is a common thing 
with hosts that dont alllow telnet/ssh precisely because you cant ftp 
symlinks.

/Klaus b

Bee Choo Tee skrev:
> Thanks Krystian and Timm.
> 
> Have used 7zip. No error messages this time. :-)
> 
> Can't FTP symlinks though. :-(
> 
> Regards,
> 
> BeeChoo
> 
> Sauerborn, Timm wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I often had trouble with extracting tar-files using WinRAR.
> Maybe try to use WinZIP or Win32-tar [1]
> 
> Just a guess, though...
> 
> Regards, Timm
> 
> [1] http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm
> 
> 
> 
>> Krystian Szymukowicz wrote:
>>
>> hello
>> >
>> > I've just downloaded typo3_src-4.0.tar.gz and unpacked that using
>> > 7zip.org. Everything works perfectly.
>> >
>> > So it must be your system/winrar/etc that causes the problem.
>> >
>> > Maybe something makes the downloaded data corrupted. Some months ago I
>> > had nvidia nforce4 firewall (built in on motherboard) that causes data
>> > corruption. After turning it off no more troubles.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > grtz
>> > Krystian
>> >
>> > Bee Choo Tee wrote:
>> > Hello list,
>> >
>> > I'm a newbee to Typo3. Have downloaded v4.0 tar.gz file and getting
>> error
>> > messages when untarring to C: drive using Winrar. My web host does not
>> > allow
>> > telnet and ssh, so I need to untar them on my computer before uploading
>> the
>> > files. My web site runs on Linux and my local computer is Win 2K.
>> >
>> > I have downlaoded the tar.gz file from a few different sourceforge 
>> links
>> > and
>> > keep getting the same error message during untarring. Is the file 
>> really
>> > corrupt or am I doing something wrong?
>> >
> 
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