On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Osman wrote:

> Hi !
> I have download some "books" about linux. The file format is tar.gz, Can anyone
> here tell me how to unpack them. I have tried several variants of tar and
> gunzip, but unsuccesfully.

Try: 

tar xvzf somefile.tar.gz

Also, check out the man pages for both tar and gzip--just type "man tar"
or whatever command you want info on (man is short for manual).

Happy Linuxing!

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Mike Edwards, MIS
Edwards Graphic Arts, Inc.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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