Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 19:58:41 -1000 (HST) From: FreeBSD MAIL <freebsd@mauibuilt.com> To: asura@xs3.dyn.ml.org (asura) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just plain tar... Message-ID: <199805040558.TAA13968@mauibuilt.com> In-Reply-To: <199805031907.PAA29059@wccserver.wilkes.cc.nc.us> from asura at "May 3, 98 03:10:02 pm"
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> > > hello, > > i have a couple of (maybe) relatively simple questions...i have looked a bit > into the documentation i have, but to no avail... > > 1. how does one set up tar? i tried to list the contents of a tarred file > and got a message complaining that /dev/rst0 was not configured. > how do i fix this??? what is /dev/rst0 exactly? There is no fix. the problem is that you dont have a tape drive or at least you dont have a tape drive which is at the default location of /dev/rst0.. tar by default is made to work with tape drives not files.. although files is what tar is most used for.. your problem is with the flags you are setting... to use tar with a file you must set the -f (file) flag... for example.. tar -x -v -f filename.tar will extract the files in filename.tar (also expressed tar xvf filename.tar) which basicly stands for TapeARchiver -eXtract -Verbosely -File FILENAMEnot,tape,drive.TAR Hope this helps.. RP puga@mauibuilt.com > > > 2. some things gripe about lib.so appearing old but 'using it anyway...' > what to do here? example: apache complains that lib.so is older than > expected...etc. Upgrade your OS or use and older program that looks for older libs... > > > i hope i've given enough information. > > thanks in advance for any help with this. > > brian > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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