tar -xvzf thefile.tar.gz
however, this only works on a few tar's..but it does work on the one that
comes with redhat :)
just dont' try it on an Digital Unix system :)
if your tar doesn't support -z (it will give you errors, probably either
about how -z isn't a valid option or that you don't have a real tar file)
then do
gzip -d thefile.tar.gz
tar -xvf thefile.tar
Vinnie
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On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Osman wrote:
> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 03:55:25 +0100
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> 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.
>
> Thanks
>
> ps.
> can anyone here recommend some good (newbie) books about C-programming
>
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