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Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
- To: Jonas Jensen <bones0_list at hotmail dot com>
- Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
- From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 00:35:15 +0200
- CC: Cygwin list <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20000704222731.10345.qmail@hotmail.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
Jonas Jensen wrote:
>
> When I use the tar.exe file to try and extract something, it just sits there, like
> it's a word processor... it lets me type on the console, but it doesn't react on
> any input, like when you start sort.exe in DOS... except that when I start a new
> line, it doesn't move the cursor all the way to the left, it just sits where I
> left off...
>
> I can use "tar --help", but whenever I type "tar -x anyfile.tar", it shows this
> weird behavior.
Weird? Why weird? It's doing completely right!
You should _read_ the output of `tar --help', that might
give you a clue. ;-)
Corinna
Hint: Search for option '-f'
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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Developer
Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company
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