System Administration Guide, Volume 1

Examples--Retrieving Files From a Diskette (tar)

The following example retrieves all the files from a diskette.


$  /home/smith/Evaluations
$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled
x evaluation.doc, 44032 bytes, 86 tape blocks
x evaluation.doc.backup, 43008 bytes, 84 tape blocks
$ ls -l

The following example retrieves an individual file from a diskette.


$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled evalutation.doc
x evaluation.doc, 44032 bytes, 86 tape blocks
$ ls -l

The file names you specify are extracted from the diskette and placed in the current working directory.