tar from a disk (not tape)

[Yoly Young % ILDCD22 % c10112 % 7633]

In article <1517 at cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs at logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes:
>i have in my directory a file named  gugu.tar  which i assume is
>a tarfile....restore it unto my directory
>
>in my feeble attemp to do so i tried:
>        tar x gugu.tar
>to which i was wipped with the response:
>        "yo, no tape on line" {translated a bit}

You should try:

	cat gugu.tar | tar xvf -

That command lets you restore tar files from a "tar file" :-)