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Date:      Mon, 24 Dec 2001 00:28:35 -0500
From:      "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To:        "daverk@epix.net" <daverk@epix.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tarballs, etc.
Message-ID:  <20011224052734.E287737B405@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200112232254.fBNMsj7h026162@lima.epix.net>

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On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:54:44 -0500, Dave Kaufman wrote:

>ok, how do i uncompress a tarball? when i use tar -x.... i get a message 
>about not being able to initialize the device sa0. i presume it's looking for 
>a tape drive. per the help, if i try to filter through bzip2 or unbzip2 or 
>ungzip i get the same thing. i'm sure this is very simple but i'm not finding 
>it.
>
>have two files i want to undo. one is .tar.bz2 the other is a .tar.gz.
>
>all help is much appreciated.
>
>and happy holidays to all who are celebrating at this time of year.
>Dave

man tar


tar -x -f filename

tar tries to use the tape device if you dont use -f

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