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Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 23:10:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Tripp Lilley <tlilley AT perspex DOT com>
To: Eric Goforth <ericgoforth AT csi DOT com>
cc: cygnu-win32 <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: tar problems in cygwin
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Eric Goforth wrote:

> Am I using tar incorrectly here or does tar under cygwin not work the same
> as in bash under Linux?
> 
> BASH.EXE-2.02$ tar -xvfz /windows/desktop/emacs*
> tar: Cannot open z: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Your argument order is incorrect. The '-f' option must be immediately
followed by a filename. It's taking the 'z' as the filename (which you
intended to be the 'gunzip' option). Try this instead:

tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz

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