Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:37:56 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: command to uncompress .7z files Message-ID: <20170905203756.c3d0930b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <59AEDB58.1000806@gmail.com> References: <59AEDB58.1000806@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:14:00 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Is there a command that will uncompress a .7z file. > > Had no joy using "tor xp file.7z" got this error msg > > tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open '/dev/sa0' First of all, the correct command is % tar xvf file.7z In case you don't specify a file name (f), tar will assumes the system's default tape drive /dev/sa0, because tar is the "tape archiver". :-) See "man tar" for details. In case tar cannot uncompress the 7zip format, install the p7zip port. See "man 7z" for details (extract with e or u function). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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