Subject: Re: problem extracting misc10.* from ftp.netbsd.org
To: None <moore@cs.utk.edu>
From: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/14/1995 11:01:48
> not really a bug in netbsd as such, but...

> anger# zcat misc* | ( cd  / ; tar xvfp - )
> ./usr/share/dict/README
> ./usr/share/dict/eign
> ./usr/share/dict/propernames
> ./usr/share/dict/web2
> 
> zcat: misc10.aa: unexpected end of file
> tar: Unexpected EOF on archive file

The split binary hunks need to be merged back together before you can
uncompress them.  Try:

	cat misc* | zcat | (cd /; tar xvfp -)

instead.

	--jtc