Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/11/14/13:14:44
The Allens
To unzip a *.tgz file requires the programs GZIP & TAR
To uncompress a *.tgz file as follows:
gzip -d filename.tgz
This will give you a *.tar file ie. filename.tar
to uncompress a *.tar file:
tar xvf filename.tar
This will uncompress filename.tar into its correct directories.
To view a *.tar file before uncompressing use the following:
tar.tvf filename.tar |less (|more can also be used)
Viewing will tell the contents and the directories they use.
Hope this helps ...good luck
Vincent McCarthy
vmccar AT juno DOT com
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:12:14 +0000 The Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
writes:
>Nathaniel Johnson wrote:
>>
>> does anyone know how to uncompress .tgz files in unix?
>
>Try gunzip foo.tgz
>tar -xvvf foo.tar
>
> Peter Allen
>
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