Subject: Re: Hot to extract sources
To: Rick GC <rickgc@calweb.com>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/06/1997 21:48:38
> I was pointed to .../Netbsd/Netbsd-1.2.1/source/ksrc121/* to pickup the
> files for the Netbsd 1.2.1 kernel.  Now that I have a long list of files in
> my sys directory starting at "ksrc121.aa" and ending on "ksrc121.bj" how do
> I extract the files into my sys directory.  The Install notes say to extract
> the files with the following command:
>         
>                 cat set_name.?? | gunzip | tar xfp -
> 
> After inserting the file ksrc121.aa into the above command the system
> replies with:
> 
>         gunzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>         tar: unexpected EOF on archive file
> 
> Anybody got any Ideas?

Yes, for the ksrc121 set, you need to do:

cat ksrc121.?? | gunzip | tar xfp -

The two ??'s mean to substitute a single character for each one.  Thus, 
it will put all the files together in alphabetical order.

I hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX