On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:41:18PM +1000, Revenant wrote: > There's a very complex method listed in my "Running Linux" book. But, > given the rate at which Linux is evolving, pretty old. > > Is there a easier, newer way than that convoluted string piping from > gzip to tar etc. ?
The later versions of tar support the -z option, so you don't need to use piping: tar xvzf filename.tar.gz tar xvzf filename.tgz both work. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
