11/21 I'm trying to gunzip and in-tar a file for the first time.
When I type: tar -x sag-0.6-html.tar I get this error message:
tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Permission denied
what am I doing wrong? -brett
\_ if it's a tar.gz try:
tar xzvf sag-0.6-html.tar.gz
-jeff
\_ -f
\_ tar -xf blah.tar. read the man pages.
\_ tar -xf blah.tar. Not reading the man pages is what you're doing
wrong. man tar. man gunzip. Sheesh.
\_ Thanks for the snotty advice. The first one worked
just fine thanks. -brett
\_ Don't be a jerk. My csua manpath didn't work, and
the man that I had on my Linux box didn't explain it
well enough. It would be nice if people weren't so
B
judgmental. Don't assume that everybody is stupid and
doesn't try to do it themself first. By the way, the first
bit of advice did the trick.
\_ 1) Fix your manpath, 2) Fix your Linux box, 3) I didn't
assume stupidity on your part, you proved it pretty
well without any help, 4) The first bit of advice won't
work everywhere which leads back to my advice: read the
man page for tar which is what you should have done in
the first place. I find it unlikely that you have a
special set of tar man pages that have a poor
\_ as it happens, the GNU man pages are pretty horrid
because they expect everyone to use info files...
it's incredibly annoying --brg
\_ .TR off .RU les .FO rever
explanation of how tar works while the rest of us have
the really cool version with examples and such. What
I merely implied about your intelligence before I will
now state outright for those still impaired: you _are_
an idiot and possibly a liar as well.
\_ I remember back in the days when I was a unix
newbie I didn't have a clue on how to use tar.
Even after reading the manpages I still couldn't
get the command line arguments to work properly.
Finally, I ran into a friend who happened to have
a tar for dummies explaination that gave a decent
example. Now I use tar almost everyday. Go light
on the newbies. It doesn't help if you just keep
on saying "read the fucking manual" and "if you
still don't get it keep on reading the fucking
manual until you do get it"
\_ My girlfriend, a total newbie, as newbie as you
can get, doesn't have a problem learning anything
from the man pages. What the fuck is wrong with
you?
\_ so i'm dumb for not being able to understand
this manpage huh?
\_ she learns pretty well in the sack, too.
NAME
tar - The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
SYNOPSIS
tar [ - ] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d
--diff --compare | r --append | t --list | u --update | x
-extract --get [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --block-size N ]
[ -B, --read-full-blocks ] [ -C, --directory DIR ] [
--checkpoint ] [ -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F ] [ --force-
local ] [ -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F ] [
-G, --incremental ] [ -g, --listed-incremental F ] [ -h,
--dereference ] [ -i, --ignore-zeros ] [ --ignore-failed-
read ] [ -k, --keep-old-files ] [ -K, --starting-file F ]
[ -l, --one-file-system ] [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -m,
--modification-time ] [ -M, --multi-volume ] [ -N,
--after-date DATE, --newer DATE ] [ -o, --old-archive,
--portability ] [ -O, --to-stdout ] [ -p, --same-permis-
sions, --preserve-permissions ] [ -P, --absolute-paths ] [
--preserve ] [ -R, --record-number ] [ --remove-files
] [ -s, --same-order, --preserve-order ] [ --same-owner ]
[ -S, --sparse ] [ -T, --files-from F ] [ --null ] [
--totals ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -V, --label NAME ] [
--version ] [ -w, --interactive, --confirmation ] [ -W,
--verify ] [ --exclude FILE ] [ -X, --exclude-from FILE
] [ -Z, --compress, --uncompress ] [ -z, --gzip,
--ungzip ] [ --use-compress-program PROG ] [ --block-
compress ] [ -[0-7][lmh] ]
filename1 [ filename2, ... filenameN ]
directory1 [ directory2, ...directoryN ]
\_ The problem with manpages is that they're written
(horribly) by the technically-inclined, and they
assume some clue. Manpages are NOT for newbies.
Hell, I've been using UNIX for over eight years
now and I still don't understand some of them.
\_ Odd. I've never had a problem figuring out anything
from the man pages from Day One to today. The man
pages follow a very simple format and the tar
manpage in particular is far more detailed than
most. I stand by my words: he's an idiot.
\_ I wrote a short explanation of how to use
tar and gzip with examples and posted it to
ucb.class.cs61b a day or two ago. -brg |
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