From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 20:22:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01912 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:22:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rain.futuresouth.com (rain.futuresouth.com [198.79.79.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01890 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:21:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stormy@rain.futuresouth.com) Received: (from stormy@localhost) by rain.futuresouth.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA84241 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:23:49 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from stormy) Message-ID: <19981123222349.D65338@futuresouth.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:23:49 -0600 From: Stormy Henderson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar/tgz Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3.0.3.32.19981123231037.006b6af8@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981123231037.006b6af8@earthlink.net>; from funkycolmedina on Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 11:10:37PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A happy camper (funkycolmedina, dustpan@earthlink.net) once wrote... > typed tar -x x3323s~1.tar > got tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device not configured You need to use the -f option with the filename: tar -xf x3323s~1.tar Read the manpage (man tar) for more information. Be happy... -- http://www.futuresouth.com/~stormy/signature.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message