On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, Jerry Human wrote:
> Hi all you helpful RH people:
>
> Thank you for your quick and informative reply. However, I think I missed
> something. I will try the "gunzip filename.tar.gz" command when I get back to
> RH (requires a reboot) but I guess I have to ask. I've seen packages like:
>
> filename.tar
> filename.tar.gz
>
> but one of the files I have is "filename.tar.tar" so,wouldn't that require an
> extra step?
> Maybe I'm just dense and still thinking DOS but I gotta ask.
>
Yes....you'll probably need to run "tar xvf
<filename.tar.tar> and then, re-run "tar xvf
<filename.tar>" again. Why anyone would tar it TWICE is
beyond me... :-)
John
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