From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 15 16:29: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from istar.ca (d141-119-162.home.cgocable.net [24.141.119.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7388037B449 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 16:29:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) Received: (from genisis@localhost) by istar.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f3FNWYF16600; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:32:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from genisis) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:32:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru To: "Nicholas A. de Laczkovich-Siddiqi" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with untaring files In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010415191726.00aa3148@pop.gmx.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From "man tar", the default is to assume that device unless you specify your filename using the f switch. Try this instead: tar xvf filename or, if it's gzipped tar xzvf Dru On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Nicholas A. de Laczkovich-Siddiqi wrote: > When I tried to untar some files (with "tar -x FILE" ) i always get an > error message saying :"tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured" . > How do correct this, i.e. how do i configure this device? > Thx > Nicholas > > --------------------------------- > Stand your Ground Troops! This shall be our finest Hour!!! > - Famous last words > > > 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