Tar 2.8.2 can't use -p option

OpenEMR Development
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duanemorrow wrote on Friday, March 09, 2007:

tar -xzvfp openemr-2.8.2.tar.gz
tar: p: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: openemr-2.8.2.tar.gz: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

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sunsetsystems wrote on Friday, March 09, 2007:

The "f" option expects a filename to follow, so put it last.  E.g. "-xzvpf".

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com