Hi, > you shouldn't use an absolute path for common utilities like tar, unzip, > etc.
So a better fix would be just this? var tar:File = tar = new File("tar"); var startupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo(); startupInfo.executable = tar; startupInfo.arguments = arguments; process = new NativeProcess(); process.start(startupInfo); Rather than: var tar:File; if (_os == LINUX_OS) { tar = new File("/bin/tar"); } else { tar = new File("/usr/bin/tar"); } var startupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo(); startupInfo.executable = tar; startupInfo.arguments = arguments; process = new NativeProcess(); process.start(startupInfo); Justin