<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">Mary . . .<br />
<br />
Thanks for the suggestion about using a tilde. <br />
<br />
The name I gave my computer is "Book-Enigmatics." The prompt at my home directory reads<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">Book@Book-Enigmatics ~</span><br />
<br />
(i.e., it displays a tilde), but the prompt after I <span style="font-family: courier new;">cd</span> to <span style="font-family: courier new;">/usr/local</span> doesn't show a tilde:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">Book@Book-Enigmatics /usr/local</span><br />
<br />
I tried inserting the tilde in my command:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">gunzip ~/cygwin/home/Book/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz</span><br />
<br />
and got this response (note the duplication in the path name):<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">gzip: /home/Book/cygwin/home/Book/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz: No such file or directory</span><br />
<br />
Likewise with<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">gunzip ~/cygwin/home/Book@Book-Enigmatics/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz<br />
<br />
</span>But FWIW, when I tried<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">$ tar ~/cygwin/home/Book@Enigmatics-Book/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar</span><br />
<br />
the response was<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">tar: Old option `g' requires an argument.<br />
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.</span><br />
<br />
I am hopelessly at sea.<br />
<br />
David<br />
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<br />
<div>David L. Book <br />
President, Enigmatics, Inc. <br />
</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,sans-serif;"><hr width="100%" size="2" align="center" />
<strong>From</strong>: "Mary Haley" <haley@ucar.edu><br />
<strong>Sent</strong>: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:40 AM<br />
<strong>To</strong>: davidbook@enigmatics.com<br />
<strong>Subject</strong>: Re: [ncl-install] Problem unzipping/untarring NCL setup file</span><br />
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<br />
On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:36 PM, David Book wrote:<br />
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> I use Firefox as my browser and I'm running under Windows 7 on a 64-bit computer.<br />
> <br />
> I downloaded and successfully started Cygwin/X. Using Windows Explorer I can see my home directory, C:\cygwin\home\book. I can open a Cygwin/X window by clicking on my Cygwin desktop icon. <br />
> <br />
> (But when I open a Cygwin/X window, the prompt reads<br />
> Book@Book-Enigmatics <br />
> instead of<br />
> Book.<br />
> <br />
> I don't understand this, but I don't think that's the source of my problem.)<br />
<br />
I'm not sure what the issue is there, but this is a Cygwin problem and not an NCL problem. It shouldn't be an issue for installing NCL.<br />
<br />
> <br />
> Then I downloaded<br />
> /ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz<br />
> <br />
> and saved it in my home directory. I can see it there, either by opening the directory with Windows Explorer<br />
> or by opening a Cygwin/X window and doing <br />
> ls -a.<br />
> <br />
> Then I tried to install it, following the instructions under "Install NCL" in the chapter entitled "Installing Cygwin/X (Windows)" in the NCL online manual. I typed <br />
> cd /usr/local .<br />
> <br />
> No problem. The prompt says that I am now at <br />
> /usr/local ,<br />
> <br />
> as it should. But when I type<br />
> gunzip /ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz ,<br />
<br />
In order to access files in your home directory you need to use "~/", and not "/". If you use "/" it thinks you mean the top directory of the Cygwin directory tree.<br />
<br />
Try<br />
gunzip ~/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz<br />
<br />
and go from there.<br />
<br />
--Mary<br />
<br />
> <br />
> I get this message: <br />
> gzip: /cygwin/home/Book/ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar.gz: No such file or directory<br />
> <br />
> I tried downloading the file again again. No luck. Then I downloaded the unzipped file,<br />
> /ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64_i686.tar ,<br />
> and tried untarring it (i.e., skipping the gzip step). No luck. My system still says it can't find the file and/or directory. <br />
> <br />
> Can someone tell me what is going on and how to fix it? <br />
> <br />
> <br />
> <br />
> David<br />
> <br />
> David L. Book <br />
> President, Enigmatics, Inc. <br />
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