Nobody explained what "tar -xvf" is! The x = extract, v = verbose, f =
file. So f is last because you must have a filename right after the f.
p.s.
I like to go "tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz" the z passes the gz file through
gunzip automatically.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sekou Kande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: April 26, 1998 2:44 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (Sekou) Tar in RH5.0
>
>
>
>
> Hi
> I can't uncompress Netscape. Did I miss something?
>
> Here is what I did. I got the following netscape:
>
> netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz
>
> I did this.
> gunzip netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz
>
> That gave me this:
> netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar
>
> Then I typed this:
> tar -x netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar
>
> And I got stacked there forever.
> Did I do something wrong?
> Please help.
>
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