Subject: Re: un-TARing files
To: None <mwillc@essex.ac.uk>
From: Laurent DOMISSE <domisse@credm.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/09/1997 10:09:40
Matthew Willcock wrote:
>
> Sorry for yet another problem, I have actually bought a UNIX book, but it
> does not help with all problems....
> I have been trying to un-tar a file using tar -x <filename>, but get an
> error saying /dev/rst0 is not configured the tar file is fine, I can see
> all the files it contains by viewing it in xemacs.
>
the usual command is
tar -xvf <filename>
x is for untar
v to see the list of files being untar
f <filename> is the name of the tar file.
hope it help.
to tar a directory use : tar -cvf <tar file> <dir>
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