[ale] Using TAR Question

[irv at ellijay.com (Irv Mullins)]

Brubakken, Eric wrote:
> 
> Yesterday I downloaded a TAR file to my winbox. I then did a binary ftp to
> the Linux box.  When I run tar -x filename the system just sits there,
> nothing happens.  I seem to remember something about win/dos treats end of
> line as cr/lf and Linux just a lf.  Could this be the problem? Isn't there
> some type of utility that I can run against the file that might correct
> this?
> 
Are you doing tar -x < filename ?
I know it's not much, but the little < is important,
otherwise,
it just sits there.

Irv