Re: not a tar file?

for me: This one works: c: wget http://www.php.net/dochowto f: howto.html.tar.gz?p=1 s: 39,984 This one doesn't work as the ?p=1 is required. The link on about.howtohelp.php needs an update: c: wget http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/howto/howto.html.tar.gz f: howto.html.tar.gz s: 21,285 But this works as it's what the first points to: c: wget http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/howto/howto.html.tar.gz?p=1 f: howto.html.tar.gz?p=1 s: 39,984 Anyway, and doing this works for me: tar xfvz howto.html.tar.gz?p=1 Which creates howto/ dir with howto files. I don't know the specifics but iirc some browsers don't deal with this very well. And there are different ways to untar/gunzip files depending on shell and os. But I don't have any good answers on the subject :) Regards, Philip On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Roy Huggins wrote: > Hola > > The file download from the URL > > http://php.net/dochowto > > does not appear to be properly archived. On my RedHat Linux box, tar claims > that howto.html.tar is not a valid tar file. This happens whether I > 'tar -zxf howto.html.tar.gz' or if I gunzip first then 'tar -xf > howto.html.tar'. > > On Windows, WinZip 8.1 claims that howto.html.tar, after extracting it from > the gzip file, is not a valid archive file. WinZip 8.1 claims to be able to > handle tar files (although I've never seen it handle one before. :) > > I tried downloading a fresh copy several times via lynx (on Linux) and IE > 6.0 on Windows. I figure something got messed up when the file was made. :) > > Thanks, everyone. > > -Roy > > > --- > This mail has been scanned for viruses by AVG. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/2002 > > > -- > PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >