Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:10:43 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: anthony@sohopros.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with a tar file. Message-ID: <19980308131043.65114@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980307202548.007b0b50@pop.flash.net>; from anthony@sohopros.com on Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 08:25:51PM -0600 References: <3.0.32.19980307202548.007b0b50@pop.flash.net>
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On Sat, 7 March 1998 at 20:25:51 -0600, anthony@sohopros.com wrote: > Can someone tell me how to extract this file. > > communicator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar > > When I downloaded it was a .gz file, so a ran > gunzip because I thought it would extract the file. > It did make the file a meg or so larger That's right. gunzip uncompresses the file. You didn't really need to do that. > but I need to be able to untar it. I have tried tar -x but it is > trying to copy it to a tape drive. Thanks for your help. Try reading the man page. You need the f option to tell it what to extract. Try: tar xvf communicator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar If you still had the original file, you'd write: tar xzvf communicator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz Of course, the easy way to install Netscape is via the port in the Ports Collection. See the online handbook for more details. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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