I was unpacking a file named something:somethinelse.tar.gz when I got the following error:
The reason can be found in the GNU tar documentation
If the archive file name includes a colon (`:’), then it is assumed to be a file on another machine. If the archive file is `[email protected]:file’, then file is used on the host host.
This is why the command return a Cannot connect: it was trying to connect to…NOTHING!!! 😀
So, if you download a package which has a colon inside the name, you must rename it removing the colon before processing it.
GWH!
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