tar error while installing TinyOS8051wg-0.1pre4.tgz
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Hi,
I'm trying to install the file "TinyOS8051wg-0.1pre4.tgz" by giving the following command: tar zxfv ~TinyOS8051wg-0.1pre4.tgz
On execution I'm getting the following error:
tar: ~TinyOS8051wg-0.1pre4.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
tar: ~TinyOS8051wg-0.1pre4.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
You don't need the "~" at the beginning of the file and you have to put as last option the "f" switch, so tar will know that it has to expect a filename, Thus the correct command is:
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