If you're using GNU tar (Linux), check out the -z option. I use tar -xzvf which will un-gzip (is that a word?) and untar at the same time. Your example probably shows tar xvf anyway, so just add the z.
Check out the man page for the rest of 'em. +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Nate Duehr - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Support Amateur Radio & Linux! | | Private Pilot, Telephony Engineer | Ham Callsign: N0NTZ | | UNIX Hack, Perl Hack, Tech-Freak | Grid Square: DM79 | | | "May the Source be with you." | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | HamRadio and Linux mailing lists available for interested parties: | | http://www.natetech.com/mailman/listinfo | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, 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. ? > > Thanx. > > -------------- Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------- > "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live > on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." > - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
