thx, I *think* I indeed did leave out the 'f' :) ---*stupid*---
thx all! ps: I better use GLIS ;) -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 January 2004 14:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Untarring does not work. Jan Heylen wrote: > no, I tried tar -t /mnt/gentoo/stage3-*.tar.bz2', nothing happens (nor with > archive.tar that I made) > > In my original mail: 'tar -xvjp /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-*.tar.bz2' > had to be 'tar -xvjp /mnt/gentoo/stage3-*.tar.bz2' (I downloaded the file ) You're leaving out the 'f' flag. The command should be 'tar =xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-*.tar.bz2'. Without that flag, tar tries to read from STDIN. -- Andrew Gaffney System Administrator Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. 776 North Bell Avenue Chesterfield, MO 63005 636-357-1548 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
