Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:36:29 -0500 From: "Matthew Koivisto" <mkoivist@nortelnetworks.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: I must be retarted Message-ID: <E1A4B2CC91EBD1118A510000F80836F803ECAB15@zwdld002.ca.nortel.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092CF.991A7F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hehehe, oops my bad, I knew it was something dumb like that, thnx every1 -----Original Message----- From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart@urx.com] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:33 PM To: Koivisto, Matthew [WDLN2:AN33:EXCH] Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: I must be retarted > Matthew Koivisto wrote: > > When tryin to open a tar file It's sayin can't open device. What's > with this? Am I just retarted? > > # tar -x foo.tgz > > tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured You didn't use the "f" option to specify a file and it tried to use a tape drive, which is the default. If you want to extract, you need to use "zxf". The file name follows the "f" option, and you have to decompress it, which is the "z" option. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092CF.991A7F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2654.19"> <TITLE>RE: I must be retarted</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hehehe, oops my bad, I knew it was something dumb = like that, thnx every1</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Kent Stewart [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:kstewart@urx.com">mailto:kstewart@urx.com</A>] </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:33 = PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Koivisto, Matthew = [WDLN2:AN33:EXCH]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cc: = 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: = Re: I must be retarted</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Matthew Koivisto wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> When tryin to open a tar file It's sayin can't = open device. What's</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> with this? Am I just retarted?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> # tar -x foo.tgz</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not = configured</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>You didn't use the "f" option to specify a = file and it tried to use a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>tape drive, which is the default. If you want to = extract, you need to</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>use "zxf". The file name follows the = "f" option, and you have to</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>decompress it, which is the "z" = option.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Kent</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-- </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Kent Stewart</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Richland, WA</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2><A = HREF=3D"mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com">mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com</A></FO= NT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2><A = HREF=3D"http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html</A></FONT>= <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>FreeBSD News <A = HREF=3D"http://daily.daemonnews.org/" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://daily.daemonnews.org/</A></FONT>; </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092CF.991A7F30-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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