.tgz??

Joe2003 · 11-19-2004, 11:56 AM

Hey

How do I extract a tgz file? Ive always kept away from them cause I wasnt sure

Sorry bout the lameboy question

Cheers

Lorand · 11-19-2004, 12:00 PM

*.tgz is an UNIX Tar File Gzipped and it can be unzipped with WinZip.

Joe2003 · 11-19-2004, 04:29 PM

yeah, I know it is, but im running redhat, so dont have winzip, for tar.gz its normally GUNZIP then TAR -XF, so will it be simalar to this???

**[tab]** · 11-20-2004, 10:13 AM

GNU tar allows you to do the unzipping as well, so you can do:
tar zxvf <filename.tgz>

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Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 43 Posts: 3,042	*.tgz is an UNIX Tar File Gzipped and it can be unzipped with WinZip.