Re: Unix Tar

From: Richard Mckay (rmckay@execpc.com)
Date: 10/28/96


On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Eric de Groot wrote:

> Hay-
> 
>    Can any one tell me what to type to untar a file in unix?  Im am still
> new 
> to it, and have never done this before.  To untar circle30bpl11.tar I tried
> typeing
> tar -x circle30bpl11.tar and tar x circle30bpl11.tar and some other
> variations.
>    But nothing seems to go through, keeps tellin me 'no such file or dir'
> 
>                                          Hope someone can help.
> 
>                                              ericdeg@ptdprolog.net
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>               MUD- Visit ShadowMUD goliath.shadow.net 6060         
>  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=     
>   


Try:

	tar xvf <filename>

If tha DOES NOT work, the operating system probably is not looking at the
current directory so you have to be explicit by typing:

	tar xvf ./<filename>

This will take the current directory only (that is what the "./" is
saying).

Hope this helps.

Later,

Richard W. McKay

rmckay@execpc.com


+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: |
|   http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : 12/18/00 PST