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From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
To: Broc Williams <Brocy@dingoblue.net.au>
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Subject: Re: tar help
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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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