Using the Konsole - by a complete Linux newbie!

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:52:51 +0100, Oskar Stolc wrote:

>>> root at xxxxxxxdesktop:~# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.2.tar.gz -C /opt
>>> tar: xampp-linux-1.6.2.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>> 
>> Seems like the file "xampp-linux-1.6.2.tar.gz" simply doesn't exist.
>> Try checking it for typing- and spelling-errors.
> 
> it does exist. The problem is with tar options order. The last one 
> should be 'f' followed by filename. Just swap the 'xvfz' to 'zvzf' and 
> it will work.

No, that's not the problem. I created an archive myself to test the
command she used, and it worked.

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