tar kdegraphics -x

Cyth · 12-23-2001, 06:22 PM

This really confuses me:

#tar kdegraphics-2.2.2.tar -x
tar: invalid option -- e
Try tar --help for more information
#

WHY?!
How do I extract the files in the archive? I've tried tar -x <file>, tar --extract <file> - nothing works. it just halts for ever.

Could someone help me with this basic stuff?

regards,
Cyth

taz.devil · 12-23-2001, 08:02 PM

Are you using kde's archiver or the command line? If the file is ONLY a .tar the normal command line options would be: tar -xvf filename.tar The 'v' option is not necessary as it just shows you what's going on during the decompression. If it's a .tar.gz file you need tar -xzvf and if it's a .tar.bz2 file you need to use tar -xyvf OR xjvf. With Slack though it's y. Type man tar to really get a feel for what the options do.