On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> Here's the problem: I downloaded a program called "X-ISP". It came in .tar
> format. When I used the command "tar" with the "-x" or "--extract"
> settings, it just sat there. This is what I was typing:
>
> tar --extract xisp_5p9_tar.tar
Simple problem. Tar needs to be told that you wish to extract from a file.
By default, it looks at STDIN (ie waiting for you to type the tar file
in on the keyboard!)
To fix this, try 'tar -xf xisp_5p9_tar.tar'
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Andrew Harwood 3rd Year Bachelor of Computer Science student
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Adelaide
Apple and Microsoft working together in harmony? I'd like to see that.
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