Try doing it from a console, not the file manager window.
tar xvfz filename.gz
or, if you've already unzipped it
tar xvf filename.gz
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 5:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] tar and gunzip troubles
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>
> Well I tried doing all those things, and it still wont work.
> I just get a
> gear looking icon where the gunzip file was. And if i try to
> un-tar that, i
> dont get anything. It says its not a supported file type, or
> something to
> that extent. I dont know what to do!
>
> thank you
> jerrud
>
