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Re: TAR will not work on my Linux box
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andi Gutmans)
Tue May 28 11:05:23 1996
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:28:28 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Andi Gutmans <andi@actcom.co.il>
To: "Brian P. Clifford" <bclifford@fhu.edu>
cc: linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960527181457.6847A-100000@FHU.EDU>
Hey,
My first advice is to check out the man page first next time. You need to
do tar -xvf pine3.93.tar
The -f means that you're opening a file
The -v is for convineince and does verbose
Andi Gutmans
On Mon, 27 May 1996, Brian P. Clifford wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade my Linux server from Pine 3.91 to 3.93. When I
> try:
> tar -x pine3.93.tar
>
> I get the following error:
> tar: can't open /dev/nftape : No such device
>
> When I look in /dev the file nftape@ is present.
>
> Any advice?
>
> TIA,
> Brian
>
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