Delivered-To: listarch-cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: 07 Feb 1999 20:58:00 +0100 From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <7AP0$BBKpfB@mike.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990206224514.007bb210@pop.site1.csi.com> Subject: Re: tar problems in cygwin X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.11 R/C9763 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (Nuernberg) x-copyright: All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, forwarding or publishing prohibited. x-irc-nick: nobanzai x-no-archive: yes Hi Eric, >Am I using tar incorrectly here or does tar under cygwin not work the same >as in bash under Linux? > >BASH.EXE-2.02$ cd / >BASH.EXE-2.02$ tar -xvfz /windows/desktop/emacs* ^^^^^ This won't work in Unix, too, because it takes z as an argument for f assuming it is a filename. tar -xvzf /windows/desktop/emacs* would be correct. [...] Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de | WWW http://aquarius.franken.de/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com