In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.971209091150.121B-100000@burton>
          Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, 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.
> >
> Try tar -xf filename.
>
> See the tar manual page for what this does.

Except that the tar entry is a classic example of man's tendency to be
totally unhelpful and bewildering at times.

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