From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 16: 7:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 16:07:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from giroc.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A6037B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:07:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nicks@localhost) by giroc.albury.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBI07Ko77208; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:07:20 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:07:20 +1100 From: Nick Slager To: "Tomlinson, Drew" Cc: "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" Subject: Re: Command Line To Extract Tarball? Message-ID: <20001218110720.A72606@albury.net.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 04:03:03PM -0800 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: nicks@giroc.albury.net.au Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Tomlinson, Drew (Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov): > tar x dynip_3.00.tar > tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured > > I've read the man page and know that /dev/rsa0 is the default device but I > can't understand how to tell it that I want to use this tarball on my hard > drive. I tried searching the archives but they are offline at the moment. Use the 'f' option to tell tar you're working on a file, eg: tar xv dynip_3.00.tar Regards, Nick -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message