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I've just received some files file(s).tgz... I've tried tar -xvzf file.tgz... However I'm getting error "Attempt to write to an empty file"... Am I missing something... The folder directory system has been made but all the directories are empty...
Thanks.
Simon
Posted 2010-02-21T18:02:15.307
Reputation: 153
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A similar issue is encountered at http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/issues/detail?id=3
It looks like a bug in BSD tar, which is the default tar on FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and possibly other systems.
Easiest workaround is probably to extract with GNU tar. Just run "gnutar" instead of "tar" if you're on OS X. On FreeBSD you may need to install gnutar from ports.
I was using BSD tar... and I needed to use GNU tar.... On Mac OSX use "gnutar -xvzf"... Many thanks... – None – 2010-02-21T18:25:22.110
1Nice. On Mac OS X, I did the following:
brew install gnu-tar
Then just made sure my path was updated to include that tar first, then it works fine. – Wing Tang Wong – 2015-05-11T04:40:37.010
sudo ln -s /usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin/tar /usr/bin/gnutar – Rocky – 2016-12-27T04:24:59.337
3brew install gnu-tar then gtar zxvf ... worked for me. – timkofu – 2018-05-29T15:46:48.050
I cannot find the string "Attempt to write to an empty file" in the source code for tar or gzip. Is that the exact error message, or are you rephrasing? – Jacob – 2010-02-21T18:14:32.927
Exact message... I'm on MacOX... bsdtar 2.6.2 - libarchive 2.6.2 – None – 2010-02-21T18:16:24.513