help: tar -xzfv foo.tar.gz

[Hannes Mayer]

javac javac wrote:
> I don't understand why the following doesn't work:
> 
> tar -xzfv opera-7.51-20040602.1-static-qt.i386-en.tar.gz
> 
> gives:
> 
> tar (child): v: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: opera-7.51-20040602.1-static-qt.i386-en.tar.gz: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> what am i doing wrong, please?

the option "f" need to be at the end since this indicates that
you are using a file:

tar -xzvf opera-7.51-20040602.1-static-qt.i386-en.tar.gz

Cheers,
Hannes.