Dan Smith wrote: > > The first few archives I opened with tar worked fine, > but then it stopped working. I installed cpio and the > first few tars I opened with it worked fine too, but > then it stopped functioning as well. I tried > reinstalling both, to no avail. What happens is, I > type the command to untar an archive, and it scrolls > up a line and the next line is just blank, and the > whole thing freezes until I hit CTRL-C, at which point > I'm back at the prompt again. I can tell it isn't > doing anything during this time because the HDrive > light isn't on and it isn't making any drive noises. > Help! > Well, if you're doing a tar extraction, and you don't specify an input file with the 'f' option, and you don't use '< <filename>' to tell the shell you're input's coming from <filename>, then tar will try to get it's input from the keyboard, and I would bet that that's what's happening to you. Maybe you're doing something like:
tar xfv filename instead of tar xvf filename? (Next time, at least tell us what you're typing. Why keep us in the dark if you want help?)
