In article <1517 at cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs at logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes: >in my feeble attemp to do so i tried: > tar x gugu.tar >so, what to do? Well, you might RTFM. It explains how to invoke "tar" properly. (Hint: "f" option.)