tar & wget

[Mihamina Rakotomandimby]

Lex Thoonen wrote:
> it downloads the tar file. it has exactly the same size as the
> original, but when i do a tar -tf (or really unpack it) there's only
> the first 5 files there

When unpacking, use "du -h" in order to see the size of the folder.
What is the result?

Try a md5sum of the tarball before and after the transfert and compare, 
then unpack and see.