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From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
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Subject: Re: device rst0 and tar
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> 	tar x /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar
> 
> BSD returns
> 	tar: cannot open dev/rst0: Device not configured

Try using 
	
	tar -xvf filenate.tar

The v option is for verbose output and the f option specifies the 
filename to act on.

Frank