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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tar from a disk (not tape)
Keywords: tar
Message-ID: <10227@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 7 May 89 22:25:39 GMT
References: <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs@logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes:
>in my feeble attemp to do so i tried:
>        tar x gugu.tar
>so, what to do?

Well, you might RTFM.
It explains how to invoke "tar" properly.
(Hint: "f" option.)