From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 11 11:24:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27669 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:24:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27641 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:23:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA00273; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:10:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807111810.OAA00273@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: tar problems In-Reply-To: from "anthony@sohopros.com" at "Jul 11, 98 11:05:01 am" To: anthony@sohopros.com Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:10:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG anthony@sohopros.com wrote: > How can I extract this file while it's on my hard drive? > > kdesupport.src.tar > > I tried this: > #tar -xf /usr/local/kde.tmp/kdesupport.src.tar > but nothing happens. > Nothing will appear on the console. I assume that the # is your root prompt, not something you entered, of course. try tar tvf filename to see the contents of the tar file. tar xvf filename will extract and note the names of the archive contents as they are expanded. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message