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do you ever see this error when tar some file :

Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

This error usually happen if you not type correctly the file that you want to extract or you use it on wrong directory. Sometimes after download some file, the file will stored in /home/[username]/Desktop . But when you follow article in some blog, they will not guide too detail. sometime we just give you the important command, because we think we don’t have to explain it too deep. But some people need it too. So I write this article

In Ubuntu 9.04 and older , when we use firefox to download a file, it will store it on Desktop Folder. When you want to extract that tar file by using terminal, you must must change your directory to Desktop and type the command correctly ( It is sensitive capital case, so Be careful ). Example : ( I download uBuntu.tar file using firefox), after download, Open terminal, and type
cd Desktop
tar uBuntu.tar
If you type it wrong, it will generate error like i have posted in the beginning post
In Ubuntu 9.10, When download a file , it will store it on Download Folder.Example : ( I download uBuntu.tar file using firefox), after download, Open terminal, and type
cd Download
tar uBuntu.tar

Hope this article can help other cause in the first try ubuntu, i get this error too