RE: Problems extracting *.tar.gz

[Teddy Nyambe]

Dear Sir,
I just downloaded the file mysql-3.23.36.tar.gz from
linux.com and the documentation say i should extract
it as follows:
  tar mysql-3.23.36.tar.gz, and it gave the following
error: tar: Old option 'g' requires an argument.

Then i tried to extract it like the other tar file i
got from the same site like this:
  tar zxfv mysql-3.23.36.tar.gz, it started extracting
but with an error at the end saying:
  gzip: stdin:  unexpected end of file
  tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
  tar Child returned status 1
   tar: error exit delayed from previus errors

Could the problem be with the tar file or the tar file
is corrupted, i have just downloaded another copy from
a different source and the same error comes on

Iam using redhat linux 7.0.

Please help me sirs

Teddy Nyambe
/Lusaka Zambia Africa


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