tar -xf filename
the "f" tells tar that what follows is the name of the file to extract from
- otherwise it expects to read from the tape-drive device (/dev/rmt0 ? I
forget). I prefer
tar -xvf filename
to turn on verbose mode as well.
At 09:59 PM 7/5/99 -0500, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
>How do you un-tar a file. Yes, I read the man and info pages for tar, and
>as near as I can tell:
>
>tar -x <filename.tar>
>
>should work. It doesn't. The prompt moves down a line and just flashes.
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