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Re: tar question (probably a newbie question)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Tue Nov 10 13:14:25 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:41:19 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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A few more tricks with tar:
If the file is tar'ed and gzipped (usually ends in the extension .tar.gz
or .tgz) you can use:
tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
The "z" tells tar to call gzip. Works on the "create" side of tar as
well, and eliminates that extra command line. Extra convenient when
space is getting tight.
For compressed files (.Z extension usually) use a capital Z:
tar -xZvf file.tar.Z
The "f" option tells tar "use this file," both on archiving and on
retrieval, and must be followed immediately by the name of the archive
file. Without the -f, tar expects to take its arguments from the stdin,
which is why it's hanging like that.
The "v" tells tar to be verbose, i.e., list the files as you process
them.
The x/c/t switch you've already figured out.
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Michael Jinks
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