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Date:      Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        "Nicholas A. de Laczkovich-Siddiqi" <grinner@gmx.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem with untaring files
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104151930350.16584-100000@istar.ca>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010415191726.00aa3148@pop.gmx.net>

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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
> 
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