From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 23 21:27:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E287737B405 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:27:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 23353 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2001 05:27:28 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-133-226.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.226) by smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 24 Dec 2001 05:27:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 9800 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2001 05:27:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 24 Dec 2001 05:27:49 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "daverk@epix.net" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 00:28:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <200112232254.fBNMsj7h026162@lima.epix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: tarballs, etc. Message-Id: <20011224052734.E287737B405@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:54:44 -0500, Dave Kaufman 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. > >all help is much appreciated. > >and happy holidays to all who are celebrating at this time of year. >Dave man tar tar -x -f filename tar tries to use the tape device if you dont use -f --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message