Known Issues for Unpacking Tar Files

Learn about known issues and apply workarounds for unpacking tar files on Solaris platforms with GNU tar.

Unpacking tar files on Solaris issues
CR# Description
587935

If the GNU tar command is not used when extracting Sybase CEP-related files on Solaris platforms, file names are truncated and unpacked improperly.

Workaround: To extract Sybase CEP-related files on Solaris platforms, use the GNU tar command.

The name of the GNU tar binary is either tar or gtar. Run tar --version to find out if a binary is GNU tar or not.