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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:42:55 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Christopher Palmer <cpalmer@jig.ordway.org>
To:        Pippins <pippins@2fords.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't use the tar file
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904071942180.13967-100000@jig.ordway.org>
In-Reply-To: <000d01be8155$ffd36580$6c8e15d0@pippins>

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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Pippins wrote:

> I am new to FreeBSD.  I downloaded a window manager from the internet.
>It came in the form of a tar file.  When I try "tar -x 'the file' "  it
> says "can't open ` `device not configured  /dev/rsa0.

Check out the tar(1) man page. You need to add the '-f' option as well.


Christopher Palmer
Assistant Systems Administrator, Ordway Music Theatre
cpalmer@jig.ordway.org



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