From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: .tar.gz 30 Jul 1997 10:41:45 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <009B7FFD.653E8040.20198@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <009B7FFD.653E8040.20198@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>, wrote: >Hi Fergus, you wrote: > >:>> gunzip file.tar.gz >:>> tar xf - file.tar > >:>I don't think so. But using the 'z' option to gnutar works as it >:>always has: >: >:Yes, but the 'z' option to tar is not portable, so I can't use that. :-( > >But g*zip is not portable, either, only *compress is "standard" on unix. >You can just as well install gtar, under that name, too (or link on Linux). Good point! Also, for the uninitiated, the above example is wrong anyway. It really should be: gunzip file.tar.gz tar xf file.tar But, really, just use "tar xzf file.tar.gz". :-) THIS ASSUMES THAT YOU HAVE GNUTAR AVAILABLE! DO NOT USE THIS COMMAND WITH ANYTHING BUT GNU TAR OR YOU WILL GET AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH. POSSIBLE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE MAY RESULT. :-) -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".