Hi Jordan,
> I am having a problem unpacking the
> visad.jar file (or the visad_src-2.0.jar).
> I am using Intel Pent II 400mhz, linux/RedHat 6.2,
> and get the following error from jar xvf visad.jar:
>
> $ jar xvf visad.jar
> created: META-INF/
> java.io.IOException: LOC header signature bad: 4b500003
> at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:38)
> at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:24)
> at java.io.IOException.<init>(IOException.java:25)
> at
> java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(ZipInputStream.java:55)
> at kaffe.tools.jar.Jar.extractFilesInJar(Jar.java:700)
> at kaffe.tools.jar.Jar.processJar(Jar.java:405)
> at kaffe.tools.jar.Jar.start(Jar.java:60)
> at kaffe.tools.jar.Jar.main(Jar.java:39)
I just tried it on Sparc Solaris and did not get this problem,
so its not a problem with the files.
You need to do a binary transfer (if you are downloading
using ftp), and your 'jar' command must be at least JDK 1.2.
Perhaps someone else has seen these messages and know their
cause.
Cheers,
Bill
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