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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 21:15:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: device rst0 and tar
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On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Dale Benzer wrote:

> I type
> 	tar x /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar
> 
> BSD returns
> 	tar: cannot open dev/rst0: Device not configured

	tar does not know what file you want untarred.   tar is Tape 
ARchive, so it expects to work with a tape unless you tell it otherwise.  
the default tape device in FreeBSD is the scsi tape /dev/rst0.

	use the '-f' flag to tar.  '-f' specifys the name of the tar 
file, when not using a tape.

	tar xf /home/dale/temp/noweb-2.7a.tar

	RTFM...(read the man pages....man tar) ;)

Jonathan M. Bresler        FreeBSD Postmaster         jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
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