I've found a Linux version of Express Scribe transcription software.
There is a file, scribe.tar.gz, the first several lines of which are:
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#!/bin/sh
echo ""
echo "Please wait while installer is initialising....."
# create a temp directory to extract to.
export WRKDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/selfextract.XXXXXX`
SKIP=`awk '/^__ARCHIVE_FOLLOWS__/ { print NR + 1; exit 0; }' $0`
# Take the TGZ portion of this file and pipe it to tar.
tail -n +$SKIP $0 | tar xz -C $WRKDIR
# execute the installation script
PREV=`pwd`
cd $WRKDIR
./install.sh $WRKDIR
# delete the temp files
cd $PREV
rm -rf $WRKDIR
exit 0
__ARCHIVE_FOLLOWS__
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The rest of the file is a bunch of stuff I assume is code of some sort.
When I try to extract it I get:
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rsteff@ENU-2:~/Downloads/Scribe$ ls
scribe
rsteff@ENU-2:~/Downloads/Scribe$ tar -xvzf scribe
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child return status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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What am I missing?
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
