Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:51:38 -0500 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extracting individual Files via tar Message-ID: <20031106225138.GA1432@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200311062200.hA6M0uLH074820@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200311062200.hA6M0uLH074820@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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in message <200311062200.hA6M0uLH074820@dc.cis.okstate.edu>,
wrote Martin McCormick thusly...
>
> The command
>
> tar ztf /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz
>
> produces a table of contents just like the man page says it should.
> The man page also says that individual files can be recovered or
> listed but I haven't gotten that to work at all. if I try:
>
> $ tar zt ports/print/pstotext/ /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz
>
> tar (child): /dev/sa0: Cannot open: Permission denied
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
You forgot the bit about default file...
-f [hostname:]file
--file [hostname:]file Read or write the specified file (default is
/dev/sa0). If a hostname is specified, tar
will use rmt(8) to read or write the
specified file on a remote machine. ``-''
may be used as a file- name, for reading or
writing to/from stdin/stdout.
...try this instead...
tar zxf /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz ports/print/pstotext/
- Parv
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