[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a few games i want to unzip. They both have a *.tar.gz extentions.
first i gunzip them, then i tar them so would end up w/ just the plain files.
every thing goes ok till i un-tar them. in console, when i un tar them, the
promt moves down one line, but doesnt
add a v to your command line, tar xv file.tar
even better yet, tar xvz file.tar.gz
or man tar ;)
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a few games i want to unzip. They both have a *.tar.gz extentions.
first i gunzip them, then i tar them so would end up w/ just the plain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 5:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] tar and gunzip troubles
Well I tried doing all those things, and it still wont work.
I just get a
gear looking icon where
On 29 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I tried doing all those things, and it still wont work. I just get a
gear looking icon where the gunzip file was. And if i try to un-tar that, i
dont get anything. It says its not a supported file type, or something to
that extent. I dont know what
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I tried doing all those things, and it still wont work. I just get a
gear looking icon where the gunzip file was. And if i try to un-tar that, i
dont get anything. It says its not a supported file type, or something to
that extent. I dont know what to do!
thank
Well here is how I fixed my problem. After I un-gunzipped the file, it became
unknown to what the type of file was. So, in the properties window, i slapped
a .tar extention on the file, and un tar`ed it from the terminal window.
worked like a charm! hurray :)
jerrud
