Hi Gehan

Run tar from the POSIX shell, and it will handle the tarball as a POSIX
file.
Also, ls is usually an alias for ls -s 


SYS:sh
$ ll -s 
$ tar -xovpf JKD122.web60.tar
$ exit

Hope this helps

Neil



-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Gehan G.
Sent: 08 September 2004 06:32
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: help installing java on mpe 6.0

 I'm trying to install java on my HP, I downloaded the tar and
uploaded it via wrq transfer binary option.

Now when I try to run: tar -xovpf JDK122.web60.tar

I get...

SYS:tar -xovpf JDK122.web60.tar
                      ^
Expected a comma or a semicolon. (CIERR 10125)
Implied run command failed due to parser error. (CIERR 9057)


 I think the problem might be that i'm missing a lot of the
system files. Or maybe i'm trying to run them wrong.. for
instance...
 When I chgroup hpbin and do a "ls -al" I get a directory
listing.
 If I try to invoke a shell I get..

SYS:sh
$ ls
ls: not found
$ tar
tar: not found
$ exit
SYS:tar
Must specify one of 'c', 'r', 't', 'u', or 'x'
Usage: tar -[crtux][lpmovwzU[0-7[lmh]]] [-b blocks]
           [-f tarfile] [-V volpattern] [file ...]
SYS:ls
  (I get long list)


 I see in the installing java help file most of these commands
are typed in from a shell prompt, not a colon prompt. How do I
get to a shell prompt where I can run from?

I'm a little confused, any help would be much appricated,

Thanks,
Gehan G.



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