Rusty wrote:
Hi!
The other day I downloaded a driver from oss for my soundcard. I used the command gunzip oss* | tar xvh. All I got was the oss*.tar file. When I tried to untar this file with the command tar xvh oss* and hit enter the cursor moved one line down and sat there blinking at me.
Use xpvf oss* x - extract p - permissions v - verbose f - file name (this is what you've missed, it needs the 'f' option to declare the file name else it waits for standard input ;-) -- System panic: Can not find windows, exit through the door? Uptime info: 12:47pm up 3 min, 8 users, load average: 0.19, 0.14, 0.06 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/