Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 09:18:21 +0000 From: Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen <pvl@nanoteq.com> To: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar not working Message-ID: <199705020918.JAA24846@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "27 Apr 1997 19:50:55 EST." <85pvvg2cnk.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>
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> "Daniel Keller" <dkeller@psln.com> writes: > > I am having some trouble getting tar to work. > > if I issue the command "tar t tarfile.tar" I get an error message about > > /dev/rst0 not being configured. > > Try > > tar tf tarfile.tar > > > if I issue the command "tar xzf tarfile.tgz" I get "tar: tarfile.tgz not > > found in archive". Does anybody know what could be causing this? > > Hmm, I don't know about this one.... > > -Dave The order of the options are important. Try tar -zxf tarfile.tgz -- Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer Powered By FreeBSD ******************************** * Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. * * Specialists in data security * * E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com * * Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 * * http://www.nanoteq.co.za * ********************************
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