From: Michele Andreoli (quisque@tin.it)
Date: Wed Nov 10 1999 - 16:28:12 CET
Hello Vieira,
your entusiastic posts are for me a benefit.
On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 02:23:09AM -0200, Vieira Netto nicely wrote:
>
> Something extrange is happening about tar. I just followed instruction on
> Help/archiving. It says that -z is illegal:
>
> /# cat iptraf.tgz | gzip -dc | tar -zxf
> tar: illegal option -- z
You have to remove the z option, because the work is make by gzip, now.
> Usage: tar -c[bfvw] device block filename..
> tar -r[bvw] device block [filename...]
> tar -t[vf] device
> tar -u[bvw] device block [filename...]
> tar -x[flmovw] device [filename...]
>
> I just followed the instructions except a minus sign at the end of line.
> What is it for???
It mean "standard input"! Without the little minus sign, nothing works
# tar -xf -
mean: extract (--> x), from file (--> f) stdin (--> -)
Michele
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