Hello,

I have just download a .tar.gz
when I run:
$tar x *.tar.gz
or even
$tar z *.tar.gz

this is the error I get
tar: can't open /dev/sa0 : Device not configured

How do I reconfigure the device so that it expands the file in it's current location?

Thanks so much for your help!

I haven't fooled with tarred files much yet, but:

What about that .gz extension? Try this:

1. create a temporary directory somewhere and move the tarred file into it
2. tar zxf filename.tar.gz

Reference:
Installing Unix .tar files, help!

Thanks man!!

That worked

The gz is a zip that you should take off first.

i.e. gunzip filename.tar.gz you canthen pipe that through tar do do both in one command line.

Just for clarification, some versions of tar can automagically uncompress the file when it sees the z flag. The f flag tells it where to look - the default is usually a tape device on your system (in the OPs case, /dev/sa0, which is not attached to a tape drive).

Check your man page for tar to see if your tar acts in this way.