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while trying to extract an archive piped to | while trying to extract an archive piped to {{code|tar</code> like: | ||
cat archive.tar | tar -x | cat archive.tar | tar -x | ||
You probably want to define | You probably want to define {{code|-f -</code> to tell tar to extract from stdin. | ||
cat archive.tar | tar -xf - | cat archive.tar | tar -xf - | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 24 February 2017
If you are getting an error similar to:
tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0'
while trying to extract an archive piped to {{code|tar like:
cat archive.tar | tar -x
You probably want to define {{code|-f - to tell tar to extract from stdin.
cat archive.tar | tar -xf -