title: Extracting .tar file isn't working
body: <p>Thanks ahead of time for all your help guys! As a beginner user I really appreciate the help!</p>
  
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  <p><strong>My Machine/OS:</strong>
  Mac OSX 10.5.8, 32-bit</p>
  
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  <p><strong>What I'm trying to do:</strong>
  Extract and install Apache Maven, from the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/download.html" rel="noreferrer">website</a>. </p>
  
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  <p><strong>What I've done:</strong>
  Downloaded the binary <em>.tar.gz</em> file from the website, and using the shell, moved the downloaded file to the appropariate directory, and extracted the <em>.tar</em> out of the <em>.tar.gz</em> by using <code>gunzip -v filename.tar.gz</code>, resulting a <em>.tar</em> file. Now I'm trying to extract the <em>.tar</em> file using <code>tar -xv filename.tar</code>. </p>
  
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  <p><strong>My Problem</strong>
  The extraction doesn't seem to be working! After I've typed the <code>tar -xv filename.tar</code> command and hit enter, the shell isn't returning any output, and doesn't seem to complete the extraction. It stays indefinitely with the empty line returned after hitting enter.</p>
  
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  <p><strong>My Attempts</strong>
  Examining the directory from another Shell window, both while <code>tar</code> is running and after quitting the shell while the process is running, doesn't show any changes in the files contained; i.e. the only file/directory present is the original <em>.tar.gz</em> file. I've also tried deleting the file along with the directory containing it, re-creating the directory, re-copying the file into the directory, and then re-trying the <code>tar -xv filename.tar</code> command. The result is the same</p>
  
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  <p>Thank you so much everyone!</p>