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anthony@sohopros.com wrote:
> 
> How can I extract this file while it's on my hard drive?
> 
> kdesupport.src.tar
> 
> I tried this:
> #tar -xf /usr/local/kde.tmp/kdesupport.src.tar
> but nothing happens.

RU Shure that nothing happend? with tar, no news is good news. Is there
something in the tar file?

Try tar -vxf /usr/local/kde.tmp/kdesupport.src.tar to see what happend.

> 
> I don't know how to tell it that it's not on a tape.
> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> thanks,

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