Re: Help! Tar won't work!
On %M 0, Dan Smith wrote
> The first few archives I opened with tar worked fine,
> but then it stopped working. I installed cpio and the
> first few tars I opened with it worked fine too, but
> then it stopped functioning as well. I tried
> reinstalling both, to no avail. What happens is, I
> type the command to untar an archive, and it scrolls
> up a line and the next line is just blank, and the
> whole thing freezes until I hit CTRL-C, at which point
> I'm back at the prompt again. I can tell it isn't
> doing anything during this time because the HDrive
> light isn't on and it isn't making any drive noises.
> Help!
>
The actual command that you are running to produce this
would help identify the problem.
John P.
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