Did you, by any chance, use ftp and forgot to set the mode to binary mode?
The command is "bin" on the ftp prompt.
Yehuda.
> To: Gary Sargent <gary.sargent_at_gecm.com>
> Cc: fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu
> Subject: FVWM: Re: fvwm 2.0.46 ready at last...
> From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs_at_hpc.uh.edu>
> Date: 21 Aug 1997 13:00:58 -0500
>
> >>>>> "GS" == Gary Sargent <gary.sargent_at_gecm.com> writes:
>
> GS> I have downloaded fvwm-2.0.46.tar.gz twice (to ensure I didn't have any
> GS> transmission errors), and every time I try to extract it I get the
> GS> following error:
>
> GS> hfmngxs_at_sed_sparc8$ tar -xf fvwm-2.0.46.tar tar: read error: unexpected
> GS> EOF
>
> I just copied it straight from the FTP area and extracted it with both GNU
> tar and the version Sun ships without problems. There have been several
> hundreds of downloads of 2.0.46 and I haven't seen any complaints.
>
> - J<
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