I've tended to use:
zcat filname.tar.Z | tar xvf -
or
gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -
I hadn't thought of adding the "z" flag to the tar.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew So hing-pong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to with tar.Z files!!!
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Ragnar Wiencke wrote:
> Hi.
> Is there anywhere a short Howto for unpacking those files with a tar.Z
> format. I tried to look at the man pages but they are so confusing. All I
> need at this moment is how to get the files out of the pakkage.
> Thanks in advance,
> Ragnar W.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> _________________________________________________________________________
>
uncompress *.tar.Z
--
#####################################################################
# Andrew H.P. So, Software Developer #
# First Ecommerce Limited, http://www.firstecom.com #
# 8/F, Henley Building, 5 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong #
# e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tel:2289-9542 Fax:2801-5939 #
#####################################################################
_______________________________________________
Redhat-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
