gefuchs@goedel.uucp (Gill E. Fuchs) (05/06/89)
i have in my directory a file named gugu.tar which i assume is
a tarfile.
now, what i would like to do is restore it unto my directory
in my feeble attemp to do so i tried:
tar x gugu.tar
to which i was wipped with the response:
"yo, no tape on line" {translated a bit}
so, what to do?
gill
deep within the tar pitjeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles;X2568;61-215) (05/07/89)
In article <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs@logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes: >i have in my directory a file named gugu.tar which i assume is >a tarfile. >now, what i would like to do is restore it unto my directory >in my feeble attemp to do so i tried: > tar x gugu.tar >to which i was wipped with the response: > "yo, no tape on line" {translated a bit} > Try this: tar xf gugu.tar The f option specifies the file/device to get extract to/from. -Jeff -- Jeff Beadles Utek Sustaining Engineering, Tektronix Inc. jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (05/08/89)
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.)
ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III) (05/08/89)
In article <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu>, gefuchs@goedel.uucp (Gill E. Fuchs) writes: > i have in my directory a file named gugu.tar which i assume is a tarfile. > > in my feeble attemp to do so i tried: > tar x gugu.tar > > so, what to do? Uhm...you need to place 'f' along with the 'x' flag to tell tar to eXtract from a File, followed by the file name (which you placed correctly): 'tar xf gugu.tar' should do the trick. You may first want to 'tar -tf gugu.tar' to lisT the file first to check for absolute pathnames or regular filenames that may hammer something you want to keep, resulting in explicit name extraction: 'tar -xf gugu.tar' file1 file2 file3 ... -- Ray E. Saddler III | __ __ __ __ | UseNet Boeing Aerospace | / / / // //| // | uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ray3rd P.O. Box 3999 m.s. 3R-05 | /-< / //- // |// _ | PhoneNet Seattle, Wa. 98124 USA | /__//_//__ // //__/ | 1+206-657-2824
yoly@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( Yoly Young % ILDCD22 % c10112 % 7633) (05/10/89)
In article <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs@logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes: >i have in my directory a file named gugu.tar which i assume is >a tarfile....restore it unto my directory > >in my feeble attemp to do so i tried: > tar x gugu.tar >to which i was wipped with the response: > "yo, no tape on line" {translated a bit} You should try: cat gugu.tar | tar xvf - That command lets you restore tar files from a "tar file" :-)
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (05/10/89)
In article <830@sunkisd.CS.Concordia.CA> yoly@maxwell.Concordia.Ca writes: >You should try: > > cat gugu.tar | tar xvf - > >That command lets you restore tar files from a "tar file" :-) And you should try: * Reading the answers that have already been posted to a question before posting an answer yourself (admittedly, you may not have gotten the other answers yet at your site, but I doubt that, since we got this one pretty quickly). * Reading the man page for tar or in some other way getting a clue. I should probably explain more specifically what I mean by the second item above, so I will. The 'f' option to tar specifies, according to the man page for tar, "the name of the archive instead of /dev/rmt?." Furthermore, "If the name of the file is `-', tar writes to standard output or reads from standard input, whichever is appropriate." Therefore, the command you gave will work, surely. However, let me ask you this.... why shouldn't the person who asked the question just use "tar xvf gugu.tar?" Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 410 Memorial Drive, No. 223F jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Cambridge, MA 02139-4318 Office: 617-253-4261 Home: 617-225-8218 "People who haven't read man pages shouldn't play with the 'f' key in comp.unix.questions."
fawcett@steven.COM (fawcett) (05/16/89)
In article <1517@cmx.npac.syr.edu>, gefuchs@goedel.uucp (Gill E. Fuchs) writes: > i have in my directory a file named gugu.tar which i assume is > a tarfile. > > now, what i would like to do is restore it unto my directory > > in my feeble attemp to do so i tried: > tar x gugu.tar > to which i was wipped with the response: > "yo, no tape on line" {translated a bit} > You can do what you want simply by replacing the name of the tape drive with the name of the file you want. I.E. tar xvf gugu.tar will read gugu.tar and create (in the local directory) the files contained in gugu.tar. If you want to put the output somewhere else, either cd to the new directory and add the full pathname of the input file, or use the more complex redirection scheme. I.E.: tar xvf - < gugu.tar Either one should do the job for you. John W. Fawcett ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------ Software Engineer / / / / / / / / / Sierra Geophysics, Inc . ----- / /--- /----- /----- /-----/ P.O. Box 3886 / / / / \ / \ / / Seattle, Wa. 98124 ----- ----- ----- / \ / \ / / Voice: (206) 822-5200 uucp: ..!uw-beaver!sumax!quick!ole!steven!fawcett