--- Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 06 September 2001 11:05 pm, Net Llama dropped these
> nuggets
> of information:
> > --- Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snips]
>
> Hi Lonni
>
> > > tar cvf mail.tar mail
> >
> > Ummm...is 'mail' a file or a directory? If its a standard UNIX mail
> > file, then its, well, a file. tar is for creating archives of
> > multiple files. tar has no effect whatsoever on a single file.
> Have
> > you tried just viewing the contents of mail.tar with a random text
> > editor, or even less (or more) ?
>
> Mail was a directory for kmail. It had the drafts, inbox, outbox,
> trash, and my custom folders under it.
>
> Viewing it with less and vi filled the screen with @'s and ^'s. Same
> with xedit too.
Oh, well. I was hoping. When you created the archive, did you see it
add all the files? Is it possible that you used a much newer version of
tar to create the archive than you're using to extract it?
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