Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan.acs.syr.edu!jstewart From: jstewart@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ace Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: tar Message-ID: <1991Jun12.140723.22110@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 14:07:23 GMT References: <11711@mirsa.inria.fr> Organization: Syracuse Univ/Eastman Kodak Co. Lines: 14 In article jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) writes: > Try this: > >% tar xfv filename.tar Careful James, you missed the .Z extension of the file. Hey folks, how about followups directly to the user, and let him/her post the synopsis. Wastes a heck of a lot less bandwidth. Comments? Ace -- Ace Stewart | Affiliation: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York jstewart@rodan.acs.syr.edu jstewart@sunrise.bitnet jstewart@mothra.cns.syr.edu jstewart@sunspot.cns.syr.edu ace@suvm.bitnet rsjns@suvm.bitnet