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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Tar Problems Under Cygwin
Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:21:16 +0100
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Anthony Massa wrote:
> ... I tried to un-tar the
> file using the command:
> 
> $ tar xjvf f:/i386rdwr.tar.bz2
> 
> I get the following output error message:
> 
> f: unknown host
> tar (child): f\:/i386rdwr.tar.bz2: Cannot open: I/O error

f is being interpreted as a remote computer name. Specify the file as:
/cygdrive/f/i386rdwr.tar.bz2

Max.


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