On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, jpgois wrote:
> The command line to decompress a tar.gz file is :
> tar zxf file.tar.gz
>
> If you already unzipped the archive, then you just have to type :
> tar xf file.tar
>
> It should work with that.
i rarely use that tar command.
i think the simple to untar/unzip fi
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
sorry I've mistaken you can unpack it : tar zxf 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]
> Subj
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 tar f
You're not completely crazy - that's what tar did to me too. But MC
worked fine. I dove into the tarball, copied what I needed (a whole
directory) to my /usr/local.
Not sure what the not local means.
And now that the tar error has been independently reproduced, I can
call it a bug. :)
--
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]
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 t
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 th
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 have no problem getting it
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
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
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