On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 01:03:26 -0400 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 June 2002 12:21 am, you wrote: > > I've been having some problems running tar. I type something like > > "tar -x foo.tar" and it just hangs there for a long time. I've > > tried using "-x -v" and "-t", but it still hangs indefinitely, doing > > nothing. Anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Matt Dalen > try " tar -xvf foo.tar" and if it is a gz or gzip file try "tar -xvzf > foo.tar.gz" or what ever the extension is on the file. HTH > -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842 Yes. The 'f' means you're specifying a file other than the default device, which, according to the man page is /dev/rmt0. And, just to add to Dennis' suggestion, if the file is foo.tar.bz2, use tar xvfj. However I'm told on older versions you need to use tar xvfI. Bill
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