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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
Cc: "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." <me@jharris.com>,
	FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Tar ? Dev unconfigured?
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 11:01:58AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 12:46:37PM -0600, Jack Juil Harris, Jr. wrote:
> > I am trying to un-tar a file.
> > 
> > # tar -x neomail-1.20.tar.gz
> > tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured
> > 
> > What's up with this?
> > What do I do to make it work?
> 
> 
> 	With `tar -x' by itself tar defaults to
> 	looking at the hard drive rather than the neomail 
> 	tarball.

tar(1) defaults to looking at the _tape_ drive, /dev/rsa0.

>       Try:
> 
> 	 # tar -xzvf neomail-1.20.tar.gz
> 
> 	instead. The -z handles the gzip *.gz un-compression, and
> 	the -f point tar at the tarball (file).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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