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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 00:35:15 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT cygnus DOT com>
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To: Jonas Jensen <bones0_list AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
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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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