vmware tools gzip error from patch

[alphabit]

So I'm trying to follow instructions listed here

hxxp://xxx.offensive-security.com/blog/backtrack/installing-backtrack-as-a-vmware-guest/

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom
cp -rf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.tar.gz /tmp/
cd /tmp/
tar zxpf VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.tar.gz
wget xxx.offensive-security.com/tools/vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-7.8.5-2_6_29.tar
tar zxpf vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-7.8.5-2_6_29.tar
./vmwaretools.sh

After I download the vmware patch and try to untar the file "tar zxpf vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-7.8.5-2_6_29.tar" I get an error that it is not in gzip format...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: error exit delayed from previous errors

Can someone give me some help on what to do next?

[fnord0]

tar zxpf vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-7.8.5-2_6_29.tar

opps, that obviously a mistake. drop the "z" in the tar command, should work just fine.

tar xpf vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-7.8.5-2_6_29.tar

I did this last night, and worked like a charm. from there as the site you referenced says... just run "./vmwaretools.sh"