You mean you "gunzipped" it?
Try "tar -xvf foo.tar" where foo is the name of the
file
if it is the install process that you are having
troulble with then look in the new directory that was
created by the "tar -xvf foo.tar" command and look for
a README on the install.
Sean
--- kwf [EMAIL
The full command is "tar -zxvf the_file_name.tar.gz" The important part you
were missign was the 'f' option. That specifies the file name. You can also try
"man tar" for more information on the different options, and what all those
options in the above command mean.
I downloaded a file that was
try typng gunzip "filename.tar", from there you can untar the file
-Original Message-
From: kwf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 8:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Openint tar files
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I hav
kwf wrote:
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
unzipped.
But I cannot extract it for anything.
I can enter:
tar -x [filename]
Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and
won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the
kwf wrote :
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
unzipped.
But I cannot extract it for anything.
I can enter:
tar -x [filename]
Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and
won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the
Try:
tar -xf [filename]
Without the "f" switch, I think tar is waiting for input from the console.
Richard
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
unzipped.
But I cannot extract it for anything.
I can enter:
tar -x [filename]
. :)
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Ty Mixon
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On 1/30/00, 6:25:08 PM, kwf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie]
Openint tar files:
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
unzipped.
But I cannot extract it for anything.
I
Try this :tar xvf filename.tar.gz
Jay Macartney wrote:
try typng gunzip "filename.tar", from there you can untar the file
-Original Message-
From: kwf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 8:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Openint
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Subject: [newbie] Openint tar files
I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it
unzipped.
But I cannot extract it for anything.
I can enter:
tar -x [filename]
Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and
won't let me do anything
I must point out that a .tar.gz file is "gunzipped"
and the "z" option must be included in the command,
hence tar -xvzf foo.tar
If the file has already been un commpessed then the
correct syntax is
tar -xvf foo.tar.
sean
--- jpgois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
kwf wrote :
I downloaded a file
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