From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Feb 4 07:49:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03975 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:49:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from maciek.gv.edu.pl (netserv.gv.edu.pl [195.117.86.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03930 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:48:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrzej@maciek.gv.edu.pl) Received: from localhost (andrzej@localhost) by maciek.gv.edu.pl (8.9.2/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA24357; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:48:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andrzej@maciek.gv.edu.pl) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:48:38 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Szydlo To: ira miller cc: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: un-tarring a file? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, ira miller wrote: > Hello, > Sorry to bother everyone again, but I have followed the instructions > in the man pages and can't get this to work. I downloaded netscape > navigator standalone, the file name is: > > > navigator-v408-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar > > It was also with a .gz, but I was able to unzip that with the gunzip > utility, following the instructions. Now I have the tar file, and I've been > trying the following: > > Eco1# tar -x navigator-v408-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar > You need tar xf filename.tar Andrzej To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message