diff --git a/examples/DDDB/scripts/extract_dddb.sh b/examples/DDDB/scripts/extract_dddb.sh
index 3b355a6236f2d92ca27dc8d565ad84442ca965cb..b22bfca4321bf388906a6e538b897bdad59066c5 100755
--- a/examples/DDDB/scripts/extract_dddb.sh
+++ b/examples/DDDB/scripts/extract_dddb.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ else
     fi;
     cd ${target};
     echo "${target} : tar -xf $source";
-    tar -xf $source;
+    /bin/tar -xf $source;
+    /bin/ls -laF `dirname $source`;
+    /bin/ls -laF $target;
 fi;
 if test -f ${target}/DDDB/DDDB/lhcb.xml; then
     echo "DDDB Database successfully installed.";