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Date:      Mon, 13 May 2002 23:38:58 +0200
From:      "Floris 'Tamama' van Gog" <floris@vangog.net>
To:        <inspector.us@omicnet.com>, "FBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: command question
Message-ID:  <007301c1fac6$96fd3610$9600000a@tamama>
References:  <B7B8WU41FDQ93OIDTNKIVUVRVTZUV.3ce03226@inspector2>

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Try

tar -xfv ....

f for file :)

Tam

----- Original Message -----
From: <inspector.us@omicnet.com>
To: "FBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:37 PM
Subject: command question


> hello
>
> I'm posting this question to this list because I'm alittle embarassed
to post
> it to questions.  I've done this successfully a few times before:
grabbed
> some binaries via ftp into a tarfile.  Then to extract:
>
> tar -xv filename.tar /dest dir
>
> I'm getting:  tar: /dev/sa0: device not configured
>
> Is this a result of bad syntax on my part?  What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> TIA
>
> Joshua
>
>
>
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