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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:07:20 +1100
From:      Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au>
To:        "Tomlinson, Drew" <Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov>
Cc:        "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Command Line To Extract Tarball?
Message-ID:  <20001218110720.A72606@albury.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390CBD89@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 04:03:03PM -0800
References:  <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390CBD89@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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Thus spake Tomlinson, Drew (Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov):

> tar x dynip_3.00.tar
> tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured
> 
> I've read the man page and know that /dev/rsa0 is the default device but I
> can't understand how to tell it that I want to use this tarball on my hard
> drive.  I tried searching the archives but they are offline at the moment.

Use the 'f' option to tell tar you're working on a file, eg:

tar xv dynip_3.00.tar


Regards,


Nick

-- 
 From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
  "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."



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