Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:03:13 -0800 From: Pat Lashley <patl+freebsd@volant.org> To: daverk@epix.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tarballs, etc. Message-ID: <1285230000.1009148593@asimov> In-Reply-To: <200112232254.fBNMsj7h026162@lima.epix.net> References: <200112232254.fBNMsj7h026162@lima.epix.net>
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--On Sunday, December 23, 2001 05:54:44 PM -0500 Dave Kaufman <daverk@epix.net> wrote: > ok, how do i uncompress a tarball? when i use tar -x.... i get a message > about not being able to initialize the device sa0. i presume it's looking > for a tape drive. per the help, if i try to filter through bzip2 or > unbzip2 or ungzip i get the same thing. i'm sure this is very simple but > i'm not finding it. > > have two files i want to undo. one is .tar.bz2 the other is a .tar.gz. What you're looking for is the -f parameter. Try the following commands man tar tar xvfz mumble.tar.gz bunzip2 mumble.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - (Replace 'mumble' as necessary to get the names of the files you are trying to unpack.) -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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