I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0.
rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P722.indd rw-r--r-- 0/0 712704 Aug 08 16:36 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P723.indd rw-r--r-- 0/0 794624 Aug 06 16:38 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P724.indd rw-r--r-- 0/0 856064 Aug 12 11:29 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P725.indd I have tried the following with the file never being found. Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/* Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/P723.indd Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/* Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P723.indd" Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/*" I am thinking that tar is having a hard time with "&" which is why I tried Cat/*. Any insights would be good. I have searched google for anything relating to special characters and tar as well as long file names. I have read the man pages for tar and the info page and can not seem to find out where my mistake is. Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company 216.267.5775 Voice 216-267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
