Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!samsung!uunet!consult!bob From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: unarchiving .tar files Keywords: tar Message-ID: <211@consult.UUCP> Date: 18 Oct 90 11:52:59 GMT References: Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) Distribution: usa Organization: CCS Enterprises, Inc. - Easton, MD Lines: 30 In article dblack@pilot.njin.net (David Alan Black) writes: >I would be grateful for a quick summary of how I can extract files from a >tar file on disk. No tape is involved. >For the record, I have read TFM, but cannot piece together a command which >results in anything but a fatal error of one kind or another. >David Black >dblack@pilot.njin.net David: We had run into the same problem earlier and requested info on how to do and several came immediately to my rescue. Their answer was that I should have also read the TFM, but to this date I have never seen the answer there. Enough of this rambling. cd to the directory that you want the file to reside into: tar xf /usr/spool/uucppublic/download/file.tar Replace the /usr/spool/....file.tar with your file and directory. The f option is normally for devices but will work with a file name specifically. Hope this helps you out. -- >.. CCS Enterprises, Inc. .. Bob Willey, CDP ..< >.. P.O. Drawer 1690 .. uunet!consult!bob ..< >.. Easton, Maryland 21601 .. (301) 820-4670 ..< >.......................BBS: (301) 476-5098.....................<