> I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard >nothing. Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt. You almost got it. You want: tar -xf filename Note that many tar files are gzipped as well (i.e. they're tar.gz files), so you would need tar -zxf filename for these. Also note that most tar files have their own subdir in them so they'll unpack underneath where you are. Geoff.
