[SOLVED] Untarable archive.

stf92 · 06-27-2011, 05:32 PM

Hi: watch this:

Code:

semoi@darkstar:~/juan$ file install_flash_player_10_linux.tar 
install_flash_player_10_linux.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
semoi@darkstar:~/juan$ tar --list install_flash_player_10_linux.tar

Nothing happens. I do ctrl-D:

Code:

tar: install_flash_player_10_linux.tar: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
semoi@darkstar:~/juan$

Why is this?

chrism01 · 06-27-2011, 05:45 PM

How about

Code:

tar -tvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar

stf92 · 06-27-2011, 05:58 PM

Oh, I see! Thanks.

MTK358 · 06-27-2011, 07:34 PM

When you don't specify the "f" option, tar reads from stdin.

stf92 · 06-27-2011, 08:25 PM

I figured that out when I had no internet. Then, always using -xvf, these days I was wrong and put -xfv archive. As the result was not what I expected, I remembered the meaning of -f. And I remember very well having listed tar archives. But this was a good one. Thanks.