Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Curt
On 2018-01-26, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, January 26, 2018 05:50:45 AM Curt wrote: >> On 2018-01-26, David Wright wrote: >> >> Yes, my bad, that is intended for the amanda list, whose new owner is >> >> attempting to emulate yahoo all those years ago by claiming copyright on >> >> eve

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, January 26, 2018 05:50:45 AM Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-26, David Wright wrote: > >> Yes, my bad, that is intended for the amanda list, whose new owner is > >> attempting to emulate yahoo all those years ago by claiming copyright on > >> everthing the server passes thru. Yahoo got burned

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Curt
On 2018-01-26, David Wright wrote: >> >> Yes, my bad, that is intended for the amanda list, whose new owner is >> attempting to emulate yahoo all those years ago by claiming copyright on >> everthing the server passes thru. Yahoo got burned at the stake in court >> over that, and now CARBONITE

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 January 2018 04:52:54 Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-26, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In the meantime I'm trying to train this old dog to delete those 2 > > lines when the message is not aimed at the amanda list. > > Just let us talk to Maurice and we'll work it out with him. > > > Cheers, Gene

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Thursday, 25 January 2018 21:14:24 CET Michael Fothergill wrote: > I ran the tar -xf command: > > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz you can use 'a' for automatic and 'v' for verbose. E.g.: tar -axvf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz HTH -- https://github.com/dod38fr/ -o- http://se

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Curt
On 2018-01-26, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In the meantime I'm trying to train this old dog to delete those 2 lines > when the message is not aimed at the amanda list. Just let us talk to Maurice and we'll work it out with him. > Cheers, Gene Heskett -- “True terror is to wake up one morning and

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 January 2018 00:43:24 Charlie S wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:51:47 + Brian sent: > > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > Dear folks, > > > > > > > > I am trying to extract files f

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2018 21:45:46 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 19:54:14 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:51:47 Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > [Snipped more] > > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > >

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Charlie S
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:51:47 + Brian sent: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > Dear folks, > > > > > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > > > > > The file is a kernel fi

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 19:54:14 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:51:47 Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [Snipped more] > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > The above content, added by Maurice E. Heskett, is Copyright 2018

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:51:47 Brian wrote: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear folks, > > > > > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > > > > > The file is a kernel file. > >

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:00:08PM +0100, Michael Lange wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:14:24 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear folks, > > > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > Why bother with a command line and not just do it from a gui file > manager's context me

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Lange
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:14:24 + Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear folks, > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. Why bother with a command line and not just do it from a gui file manager's context menu? Xfe and pcmanfm and probably the others as well handle this splendidly. Just

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 25 January 2018 at 20:33, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 08:14:24PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz > > > > Can anyone think of a command that will let me know where the files > > went/confirm it ran properly? > > Use "t

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear folks, > > > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > > > The file is a kernel file. > > > > I ran the tar -xf command: [Snipped] > Cheers, Gene He

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 03:42:15PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > running tar xf is asking tar to do something it cannot do, at least not > yet. Says the wheezy user. The newer tar versions will auto-detect the compression type and run the appropriate decompression program. wooledg:~$ tar tvf man

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 03:42:15PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > It would help to run the correct unpacker. xz is relatively new, and the > command is: xz -d packagename.xz. If its a tarball, thats what you'll > get back. If it an image for an sd card, that's what you will get back. > > runni

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Nicolas George
Gene Heskett (2018-01-25): > It would help to run the correct unpacker. xz is relatively new, and the > command is: xz -d packagename.xz. If its a tarball, thats what you'll > get back. If it an image for an sd card, that's what you will get back. > > running tar xf is asking tar to do somethin

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear folks, > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > The file is a kernel file. > > I ran the tar -xf command: > > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz > > If you look at the date and time then you can

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 08:14:24PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz > > Can anyone think of a command that will let me know where the files > went/confirm it ran properly? Use "tar -xvf ..." to get verbose output (filenames) during the extrac

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Nicolas George
Michael Fothergill (2018-01-25): > If you look at the date and time then you can see that no directories have > been created with from it in the directory. tar restores the mtime of extracted files and directories. You need to look at the ctime. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc

extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear folks, I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. The file is a kernel file. I ran the tar -xf command: root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz If you look at the date and time then you can see that no directories have been created with from it in the directory. ro