Try:
tar -xf [filename]
Without the "f" switch, I think tar is waiting for input from the console.
Richard
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
> unzipped.
> But I cannot extract it for anything.
> I can enter:
> tar -x [filename]
>
> Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and
> won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the window
> and try again, getting nowhere.
> When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it tells me the file
> is not local.
> I cannot find anything about "local" vs "non-local" files.
> Any ideas? What am I an idiot about?
>
> Alaskan Ken
