Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA21426; Tue, 19 Dec 95 22:48:13 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA27685; Tue, 19 Dec 95 22:48:14 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA19033; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 22:48:13 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23915 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:41:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23872 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from oasis.txdirect.net (oasis.txdirect.net [204.57.120.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23860 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:40:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rsnow@localhost) by oasis.txdirect.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA00331; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 20:38:44 -0600 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 20:38:43 -0600 (CST) From: Rob Snow To: Dale Benzer Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device rst0 and tar In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Dale Benzer wrote: > > Hi, > > Another stupid newbie question: > > I have a file /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar > > I am su. > > I type > tar x /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar > > BSD returns > tar: cannot open dev/rst0: Device not configured > > I have chmoded everything in sight... > > Why must she speak in such mysterious ways? > > How can I get my file untarred? > > Thanks, > > Dale try: tar xvf /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar to see the files as they are un-tarred. (v is for verbose) or tar xf /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar or even cat /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar | tar xf - __________________________________________________________________ Rob Snow Powered by FreeBSD rsnow@txdirect.net http://www.freebsd.org