Re: tar

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

[You really should go and get yourself a fresh supply of fullstops and
commas --- you've run out of'em, it seems. The occasional new line
couldn't hurt, either.]

Nolan Brame <address@hidden> wrote:
[Broken down to shorter lines...]
> I'm trying to extract a file but nothing happens I have a directory
> it't contents are netdri~1.tgz and readme.txt I'm trying to extract
> netdri~1.tgz I get a lot of error messages and with some other
> commands I try I get nothing no message it does nothing but I no
> long have access to the login. can you help me with this

It's almost impossible to help you with such a lack of details.  What
was the exact command you typed?  What type of computer and OS are we
talking about?  (Looks like MS Windows or DOS.)  What are the exact
error messages you got?  What "other commands" were that? 
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (address@hidden)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.