On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Ed Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > On Oct 3, 2011, at 6:56 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: > >> Is this a UNIX format ? What program opens this file ? > > 'tar' is a program for 'Tape ARchive'; essentially, it strings together a > bunch of files to be written as a single file. > GZip is an open-source version of the zip compression program.
No it's not, the 2 are different formats. > So files with .tar.gz (or sometimes .tgz) are compressed collections of files. > To de-compress it, use the command: tar zxf somefile.tar.gz Sometimes this can cause issues on Windows as tar.gz files can contain soft/hard links, which although Windows does support many Windows programs don't. Personally I use 7-Zip or Cygwin's tar command. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+klxjrndc-dwkykedk1qwrvnbf2ao+mdd3e2augrxf...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
