tar unpacking problem in FC4

[stfaprc]

version 1.15.1
tar --help says:

Operation modifiers:
  -k, --keep-old-files       don't replace existing files when extracting

but when I try it the result is:

[ls2 /]# tar -zxvf -k /home/loger/netBU/move/net_home.tar.gz
tar: -k: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: /home/loger/netBU/move/net_home.tar.gz: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[ls2 /]# tar -zxvf --keep-old-files /home/loger/netBU/move/net_home.tar.gz
tar: --keep-old-files: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: /home/loger/netBU/move/net_home.tar.gz: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

for some reason it is looking for a file named "k" or "keep-old-files" instead of unpacking and skipping existing files. What gives?

 

[danomac]

Try:

tar zxvkf ...

instead of what you tried.

 

[Annihilannic]

In other words, it expects the tar filename to immediately follow the -f option.

Annihilannic.