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Re: [Bug-tar] bug in tar

From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] bug in tar
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:38:21 +0300 
Hi Geoff,

> I entered the command "tar -vwzx Web-FTP-2.1.2.tar.gz" and the program

You should have used "tar -vwzxf Web-FTP-2.1.2.tar.gz". Notice the
-f switch. Without it tar attempts to read the archive trom the default
device, which is often stdin.

Regards,
Sergey
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