From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta04bw.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16X7kM-0000YD-00 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 16:30:54 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.84]) by mta04bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQXDFG00.38L for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 07:38:04 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by bwmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 47/1236165); 03 Feb 2002 07:30:52 Received: from geoff by data.home with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16X7kJ-0006uh-00; Sun, 03 Feb 2002 07:30:51 +1000 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-URL: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/2002-February/010111.html X-Mailer: Lynx, Version 2.8.3rel.1 X-Personal_name: Geoff Shang From: gshang@uq.net.au Subject: Using tar Message-Id: Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 07:30:51 +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: > 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.