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Re: .tar.gz
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: .tar.gz
- From: cgf at bbc dot com (Chris Faylor)
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:33:11 GMT
- Organization: Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
- References: <009B7FFD.653E8040.20198@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Reply-To: cgf at bbc dot com
In article <009B7FFD.653E8040.20198@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>,
<dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
>Hi Fergus, you wrote:
>
>:>> gunzip file.tar.gz
>:>> tar xf - file.tar
>
>:>I don't think so. But using the 'z' option to gnutar works as it
>:>always has:
>:
>:Yes, but the 'z' option to tar is not portable, so I can't use that. :-(
>
>But g*zip is not portable, either, only *compress is "standard" on unix.
>You can just as well install gtar, under that name, too (or link on Linux).
Good point!
Also, for the uninitiated, the above example is wrong anyway. It really
should be:
gunzip file.tar.gz
tar xf file.tar
But, really, just use "tar xzf file.tar.gz".
:-)
THIS ASSUMES THAT YOU HAVE GNUTAR AVAILABLE! DO NOT USE THIS COMMAND
WITH ANYTHING BUT GNU TAR OR YOU WILL GET AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT YOU MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH. POSSIBLE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE MAY RESULT.
:-)
--
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VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."
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