Matthew Willcock wrote:
> 
> Sorry for yet another problem, I have actually bought a UNIX book, but it
> does not help with all problems....
> I have been trying to un-tar a file using tar -x <filename>, but get an
> error saying /dev/rst0 is not configured the tar file is fine, I can see
> all the files it contains by viewing it in xemacs.
> 

the usual command is 
tar -xvf <filename>

x is for untar
v to see the list of files being untar
f <filename> is the name of the tar file.

hope it help.

to tar a directory use : tar -cvf <tar file> <dir>


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