[ale] Using TAR Question

[maltzen at mm.com (Gary Maltzen)]

Try:  man tar
 or:  tar --help

Then

Try:  tar xvf filename.tar
 Or:  tar xvzf filename.tar.gz

  x - extract
  v - verbose
  z - tar is compressed
  f - filename follows

If you don't specify a filename it will try to use the default TAPE device.

If the first parameter does not have a dash, it is assumed to be a string of
single-letter options.

-----Original Message-----
 From: Brubakken, Eric <eric.brubakken at SouthernEnergy.Com>


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?