On Thursday 29 May 2003 9:53 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:33, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>>You know, you can just open a Konqueror window, right-click on > >>> the directory you want to archive and choose "tar" from it - it > >>> will tar/gzip it for you...just FYI. > >> > >>Not in mine it would seem ? > >> > >>John > > > >Hmmm...strange - I checked all the user logins on this machine and > > it does it - while you're in "file management" mode - > > highlighting a directory and doing a right-click brings up some > > great options on the regular context menu - TAR this file, ZIP > > this file and even K3B for creating instant CD's....hmmm... > > > >...and you're running 9.1, ya? > > I'm currently on M9.1 with full updates, and on here where I'm > typing now M9.0. > > So I right click a directory and I get, > Create Directory > New window > undo > cut > copy > paste > find file > rename > move to trash > delete > add bookmark > open with > cervisia ( what's this ?) > preview in > edit file type > properties > share > > It makes no odds whether that is to a directory or a file. > > Of course a proper downloaded tar.bz file I can right mouse click > and extract here , etc, > but I have no create tar file and compress facilities as you > describe. I would have to resort to the CL. > > John
Odd, John. You have a whole section missing between 'preview in' and 'edit file type'. I presume that tar etc is installed? I would have though that it would be in the default install. Anne
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