* backup question
@ Ned
` Charles Hallenbeck
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From: Ned @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Hi all,
I have a problem decompressing my .gz file from the wanted directory where it is currently into my pwd.
The command I issue is:
tar -xvzf /public_html/ngranic.tar.gz
The public_html directory is a subdirectory in my home user (ngranic) directory, and the one in which I am trying to decompress the compressed .gz file is backup-dir -- also a subdirectory in my user home directory.
The error I get is:
No such file or directory.
I tried with the ~ sign in front of public_html directory name, but it didn't help.
What else I should try?
Many thanks in advance!
Ned
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* Re: backup question
backup question Ned
@ ` Charles Hallenbeck
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Charles Hallenbeck @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Just omit the slash in front of "/public_html..." and it should work. A
leading slash says to start looking for this file at the top of the file
system tree. Omitting the slash says start right here where your prompt
says you are positioned.
On Tue, 10 May 2005, Ned wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem decompressing my .gz file from the wanted directory where it is currently into my pwd.
> The command I issue is:
> tar -xvzf /public_html/ngranic.tar.gz
> The public_html directory is a subdirectory in my home user (ngranic) directory, and the one in which I am trying to decompress the compressed .gz file is backup-dir -- also a subdirectory in my user home directory.
> The error I get is:
> No such file or directory.
> I tried with the ~ sign in front of public_html directory name, but it didn't help.
> What else I should try?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
> Ned
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