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 | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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