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Date:      Sat, 12 May 2001 00:16:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
To:        Broc Williams <Brocy@dingoblue.net.au>
Cc:        <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: tar help
Message-ID:  <20010512001136.J19380-100000@blues.jpj.net>
In-Reply-To: <000501c0da99$0cd08ee0$0a00a8c0@brocy>

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> What program and how do I use the program to extract the files out of a
> *.tar file.

	pax -r < foo.tar

or

	tar xf foo.tar


Pick one (the -k option to either will keep them from clobbering existing
files).

The questions@freebsd.org list is better for this sort of question.
Anyway, good luck.
-- 
Trevor Johnson


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