Re: Solaris Oracle 8 JDBC driver download - can't untar it. Help.

AMcC wrote:

> I've downloaded and installed two of these in the past but
> now with jdbc80406-sol.zip I've lost the plot.

You'll need a pkzip compatible unzip utility to extract a *.zip file. You did say that you downloaded it in binary mode..... tar, gzip, bzip2 won't work on a *.zip file. You can get zip-2.2 from here: Freeware for Solaris
Good luck,
L

>
>
> I'm getting "directory checksum error" from tar. The
> i[gnore] option that is supposed to suppress this doesn't
> help. All copies done in binary mode, I haven't corrupted it.
> I have 3128148 bytes. I vaguely recall tar is fussy about the
> order of options, but I've tried tar xif ifx ixf tif etc etc
> to no avail.
>
> Its definitely not a compressed file despite the zip
> suffix (od -c shows full of ASCII, and looks vaguely
> like a tar file format. And neither uncompress, gunzip
> or Winzip 32 wants to know about it...thought I'd try
> just in case )
>
> Nobody else has had this problem (going by dejanews) so I
> must have lost my marbles.
>
> Heeelp ! I'm desparate. What did I do right those last two
> times ;-) !!!
>
> If replying by email please just use compobs@...etc
>
> Cheers
>
> AMcC
Received on Fri Jul 09 1999 - 23:09:43 CDT