This does not look like a TAR archive

[warrenthewindmill]

Following on from my probels using Dreamweaver to ftp my new site I decided to try using tar in ssh.
I've ftp'd the file oscmax_2_RC2.tar and used the following command:

tar -xf oscmax_2_RC2.tar

but I get the error:

this does look like a tar archive
skipping to next header
archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
read 3531 bytes from oscmax_2_RC2.tar 
error exit delayed from previous errors

I've used the latest RC from the download pages so what am I doing wrong now???

[michael_s]

It is also gzipped so you need to use the -z switch when extracting... Read the tar man file... The oscmax tarball is:

oscmax_2_RC2.tar.gz

So to extract:
tar -zxf oscmax_2_RC2.tar.gz

[warrenthewindmill]

Thanks