Re: [newbie] File Types

[Andrea Celli]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> As I look for programs to install in on my linux box, I have run across several that 
>have the extension .tgz.  What are these files?  I know what .tar and .gz files are 
>and how to uncompress them, but I haven't been successful with any .tgz file.  Would 
>appreciate any help.
> 
>

file.tar.gz = file.tgz

tar tvfz file.tgz   /*to list it*/
tar xvfz file.tgz   /*to extract the content*/

bye, Andrea