Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread Michael Doyle
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: > How do I extract or decompress a gz file? > For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be > looked like? > thanx One step tar -zxvf -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia

RE: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread Lloyd Osten
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote: > i go gunzip file.gz > then if it ends in tar, i use > tar -xvf file.tar > > > -Original Message- > From: <-=Memphis=-> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: > How do I extract or decompress a gz file? > For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be > looked like? > thanx > PS -- type "man gunzip" at a console prompt for more details.

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: > How do I extract or decompress a gz file? > For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be > looked like? > thanx > If you want to extract it for installation, you'd run gunzip or gunzip -r if you suspect that you're unzipping a compress

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread pixel
Morpheus The Sinful Weeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > tar xvcf > uh x and c in the same command :-o

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread Morpheus The Sinful Weeper
tar xvcf "<-=Memphis=->" wrote: > How do I extract or decompress a gz file? > For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be > looked like? > thanx

RE: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread Nichols, Jason
i go gunzip file.gz then if it ends in tar, i use tar -xvf file.tar -Original Message- From: <-=Memphis=-> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Extracting GZ File How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For exam

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread pixel
"<-=Memphis=->" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do I extract or decompress a gz file? > For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be > looked like? > thanx gunzip file.gz for extracting. zcat file.gz for reading it. or zless file.gz

[newbie] Extracting GZ File

1999-07-22 Thread <-=Memphis=->
How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx