Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:21:52 -0400 From: "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG> To: 'arvids' <arvids@blezurs.lv>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: re: how to configure/unzip tar? Message-ID: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1C1F@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>
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arvids [mailto:arvids@blezurs.lv] wrote: > Thank you but there still is a problem: > > I did > tar -xvfz backup.tar.gz > and it gave me following: > "can't open z : Nu such file or directory" It seems that > system doesn't > recognize z as an option but as a filename The order in which you put the options is probably important -- tar is a very old utility, and most of the current standards regarding parameters weren't extant when it was first written, so it has some weird compatability modes. Try: tar -xzvf backup.tar.gz HTH, Ricky To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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