.tar.gz files in snow leopard

Submitted by Zeb on Mon, 2009-08-31 20:48
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Hi,

I upgraded to Snow Leopard the other day and now it seems that .tar.gz archives no longer open in betterzip.

I can't find a way to fix this - it happens with all .tar.gz files (I discovered the issue when trying to upgrade quicksilver)

If BZ requires the built in tar or gzip commands, the default ones appear to have moved to /sw/bin/, but they still exist in the old location of /usr/bin as well...

Any ideas?

Thanks,

James.

‹ The archive extraction failed RAR and a fresh install of Snow Leopard ›
Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2009-09-01 10:05.

The problem is that the new tar in Snow Leopard outputs a different time format than the older versions. BetterZip 1.8.2 fixes this problem.

Submitted by Stec (not verified) on Tue, 2009-09-01 14:05.

Just updated to 1.8.2, it seems that the problem is not solved.
Just wonder if this has something related to the international settings, since you told us about an issue of date.
When opening the command-line RAR for OSX archive, it is just shown empty.

Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2009-09-01 15:14.

Unfortunately, the fix for tar archives does not work reliably. I'll have a better solution tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Submitted by Paranoid Android (not verified) on Fri, 2009-09-04 11:19.

Any news on this...? I have to extract tgz archives all the time, so this is a bit annoying...

Submitted by Robert on Fri, 2009-09-04 17:58.

Could you please download and try this version. Extract and copy over the old version. And please let me know whether the problem is fixed now.

Submitted by Paranoid Android (not verified) on Sat, 2009-09-05 06:01.

I tried this new version and it solved the problem for me.

Thanks!

Submitted by Berend Hasselman (not verified) on Sat, 2009-09-05 16:35.

I also found that version 1.8.2. couldn't handle .tar.bz2 reliably on Snow Leopard.
I have just tried the new version 1.8.3b1 and it solved the problem for me too.
Thanks.

Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2009-09-05 18:09.

Great! Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted by phineas (not verified) on Sat, 2009-09-05 18:26.

I installed 1.8.4 today, running on Snow Leopard, and I can't open .tar.gz or .tgz.

Submitted by phineas (not verified) on Sat, 2009-09-05 18:27.

Sorry, typo: version 1.8.2, not 1.8.4 (of course).

Submitted by phineas (not verified) on Sat, 2009-09-05 18:29.

Tried to install the beta, but nothing happens when I click the link.

Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2009-09-05 19:10.

What exactly do you mean? Does the download not start?

Submitted by Paranoid Android (not verified) on Sun, 2009-09-06 16:06.

where can I read more on the latest beta version as i didn't find anything in the beta test forums?! Is it safe to use them?

Submitted by F. Jovan Jester (not verified) on Wed, 2009-09-23 00:57.

The problem is that Apple used to include the GNU version of tar at /usr/bin/tar. With Snow Leopard Apple changed /usr/bin/tar to point to bsdtar, breaking any scripts or applications that depended on gnutar

To change it type the following in terminal:

cd /usr/bin; sudo ln -fs gnutar tar && /usr/bin/tar --version

To verify, it should say GNU somewhere in the output.
To change it back to default:

cd /usr/bin; sudo ln -fs bsdtar tar && /usr/bin/tar --version

Submitted by Robert on Wed, 2009-09-23 09:23.

The latest version of BetterZip uses gnutar directly.