I try tar -zxvf plugin\:xyz.tgz and received the error:
rsh: Could not resolve hostname plugin: Name or service not known
tar: plugin\:thold-latest.tgz: Cannot open: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Can someone help me?
You could do the following:
mv plugin\:xyz.tgz plugin-xyz.tgz
tar xvfp plugin-xyz.tgz
The name of the archive itself is not really that critical, and the files will extract to the same locations regardless of the archive name.
Try --force-local option:
tar -zxvf plugin:xyz.tgz --force-local
From info pages
If you need to use a file whose name includes a colon, then the remote tape drive behavior can be inhibited by using the `--force-local' option.
the answer by @csg is spot on.
Another alternative, however, is specifying a path to the archive instead of its filename. This can either be an absolute path, or more simply a path relative to the current directory:
tar -zxvf ./plugin:xyz.tgz
this will force tar to interpret the name as a local file.
./ is compared to --force-local (not to mention it's probably easier to remember), I'm astonished this isn't upvoted more than it is...
Use the absolute path of tar.
Like this:
/usr/bin/tar -xf plugin:thold-latest.tgz
The part before the ":" is interpreted as a host name, the part after would be a file. Tt tries to execute remsh. But with the absolute path of tar, it won't. Also, if you don't know where tar is on your system, run:
whereis tar
Try Bandit's suggestion of quotes around the filename tar zxvf "blah:23.tar.gz"
Last resort, rename the file at the command line or through an SFTP/SCP application like WinSCP or FileZilla.. You could do this on your local machine and re-upload the renamed file or just login with WinSCP/FileZilla and right-click the file on the remote side and select rename.
