Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:33:15 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Matthew Koivisto <mkoivist@nortelnetworks.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I must be retarted Message-ID: <3A8445FB.965C2046@urx.com> References: <E1A4B2CC91EBD1118A510000F80836F803ECAB14@zwdld002.ca.nortel.com>
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> Matthew Koivisto wrote: > > When tryin to open a tar file It's sayin can't open device. What's > with this? Am I just retarted? > > # tar -x foo.tgz > > tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured You didn't use the "f" option to specify a file and it tried to use a tape drive, which is the default. If you want to extract, you need to use "zxf". The file name follows the "f" option, and you have to decompress it, which is the "z" option. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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