> I dwnloaded newsletr.tar.gz from the CTAN site. On attempting a tar > xvfz, I got: > > icarus:~/writing/newsletter> tar xvfz newsletr.tar.gz > tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next file header > > Is there anything I can do to recover the file, or am I out of luck for > a Tex newsletter include??
When I use netscape to download a file, it uncompresses it but doesn't change the name. So for the heck of it, try: $ tar xvf newsletr.tar.gz -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/