tar does not like me

On 24 Oct 2002, Dallas Helquist wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 16:51, George Gambill wrote:
> <snip>
> > Tried tar -t rdeskt~1.gz
> > Tried tar -t rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz
> > Tried tar -tg rdeskt~1.gz
> > Tried tar -tg rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz
> > Tried tar -xg rdeskt~1.gz
> > Tried tar -xg rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz
> > Tried tar -xg rdeskt~1.gz
> > Tried tar -xg rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz
> > Tried several more combinations.
> >
> > Tar either locked up or I needed more patience. Ctrl-c brouthe me back to
> > the command line.
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1) Any ideas?
> > 2) How can I see the real name of "rdeskt~1.gz without the "~" getting in
> > the way?
> > 3) can I tar from the GUI?
> >
> > Oh, and by the way, You Folks Are GREAT (yelling intended)
> > George
>
> Try this: tar -xzvf rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz
>
> That will extract it in the current directory (assuming also that
> rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz is current dir as well). At that point, it's just
> a matter of cd'ing to the new rdesktop-1.1.0 dir and following their
> instructions for installing.
>
> Oh, fyi - here are what the flags do: x==expand archive,
> z==compress/uncompress archive (gzip format), v==be verbose, f==file to
> untar/tar

First off, rename the rdeskt~1.gz file:

mv rdeskt~1.gz rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz

Then you can untar/unzip it:

tar zxf rdesktop-1.1.0.tar.gz