Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:11:42 -0600 (MDT) From: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> To: "Dimitrios T." <midios3@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "tar t" won't do it :~( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006051109150.274-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> In-Reply-To: <20000605104757.25545.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Try: tar -t /dev/rsa0 if rsa0 is your default and tar -tf /dev/rsa0 if it is not. ML Duke On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Dimitrios T. wrote: > Hi, > > Perhaps i'm just being a newbie when trying to use a simple tar > option all I do is generate an error message :~( > > I want to get a listing of the contents of tar-ed file. > I try the following: > # tar t blah.tar > > But all I get is: > tar: can't open /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured > > I understand that it tries to find a tape device or something (it > was originaly destined for tape-archiving, after all) but why? > All I'm asking is a table of contents on my monitor.. > > Can anyone help me out, here? > thanks, > Dimitri > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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