Gil wrote:
>[Tacitus@localhost mozilla]$ gzip -dc
>mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz | tar -xvf
>tar: option requires an argument -- f
>
Use a simpler method:
tar zxvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz
ian.
Gil wrote:
> Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Gil wrote:
>>
>> > [Tacitus@localhost mozilla]$ gzip -dc
>> > mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz | tar -xvf
>> > tar: option requires an argument -- f
>> >
>>
>> gzip -dc mozilla-i686-pc-linux
Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Gil wrote:
>
> > [Tacitus@localhost mozilla]$ gzip -dc
> > mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz | tar -xvf
> > tar: option requires an argument -- f
> >
>
> gzip -dc mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.t
Gil wrote:
> [Tacitus@localhost mozilla]$ gzip -dc
> mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz | tar -xvf
> tar: option requires an argument -- f
>
gzip -dc mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.7-installer.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
Note the trailing ``-''. The -f option to tar(1) means "the next ite