Hi,

I have a tcl script calling a lot of perl scripts.

In the beginning of one of the scripts is the command: 
#!/bin/sh 
#\
exec wish "$0" "$@"
package require tar

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The use is later on down the script in the following lines: 
   cd [file dirname $source]
   tar::create /tmp/directoryCopy.[pid].tar [file tail $source]
   cd $pwd
   cd $dest
   tar::untar /tmp/directoryCopy.[pid].tar
   file delete -force /tmp/directoryCopy.[pid].tar 
   cd $pwd

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As soon as I run the script,I get the error message: 
Error in startup script: can't find package tar
    while executing
"package require tar"
    (file "package.tcl" line 6)

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could you pls help me debug the reason for the error?

thanks karuna

In reply to package require tar by doomrak

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