From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dial0-339.dialin.uic.edu ([128.248.172.156] helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XCqg-0007eK-00 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 21:57:52 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g132vU700495 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:57:30 -0600 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:57:29 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Using tar Message-ID: <20020202205729.B355@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from gshang@uq.net.au on Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:30:51AM +1000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sorry about that, I forgot the f option in my post, Geoff is correct here. Greg On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:30:51AM +1000, gshang@uq.net.au wrote: > > > I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard > >nothing. Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt. > > You almost got it. You want: > > tar -xf filename > > Note that many tar files are gzipped as well (i.e. they're tar.gz files), > so you would need > > tar -zxf filename > > for these. Also note that most tar files have their own subdir in them so > they'll unpack underneath where you are. > > Geoff. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup