"john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >nope. it won't work.. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] share]$ tar czvf pixmaps.tar.gz pixmaps >pixmaps/ >tar (child): pixmaps.tar.gz: Cannot open: Permission denied >tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now >pixmaps/3D-Gun.xpm >pixmaps/Ant.xpm >Broken pipe >[EMAIL PROTECTED] share]$ >is that permission problems
You do need to be able to write to the directory where you're trying to store the compressed file. Like the other respondent said, put it in your home directory. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
