Try:
tar -xpvf [filename.ext] This one worked for me when I installed
StarOffice.
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Arcana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linux newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 11:15 PM
Subject: [newbie] Un-tar?
> I have an archive that is tar-ed. I have no idea how to open the
> archive.
>
> I'd appreciate if someone would post the command line to extract an
> archive. I can't decipher it from the MAN page.
> --
> /-|rcana
> ----- ----- * ----- -----
> Pern - Araby Weyr: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/
> FF7 - Tales of Midgar: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/
> Xenogears - DeM: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/
> Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://guardian.zenogias.com/
>
