On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:59:01AM -0500, Adam Porter wrote: > I've read the man page, googled this list and the rest of the Net, but I > still can't figure out why this doesn't work: > > $ tar xjf *.tar.bz2 > tar: beryl-core-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-manager-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-plugins-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-plugins-unsupported-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-settings-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-settings-bindings-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: beryl-settings-simple-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: emerald-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: emerald-themes-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: heliodor-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > Not only did it completely fail, but it skipped the first file in the > directory, aquamarine-0.2.0.tar.bz2. But if I run the same command on a > single file instead of a wildcard, it works fine. > > Am I doing something wrong? Why can't tar handle a wildcard list like that? > well the -f option takes 1 argument. you gave it more than one. tar xjf * becomes: tar xjf a.tar.bz2 b.tar.bz2 ..... the 2nd,3rd,4th,... arguments become 'filenames to extact'. These dont exist. see 'man tar' for more. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! |
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