>
>gunzip -d  filename.tar.gz
>tar who knows how this stupid thing works.. 
>tar -x filename.tar    this just locks up and have to Ctrl c out
>
>Running redhat ver.6
>
>Can't I run one thing to totaly uncomress these?  Why are they double compressed?
>
>John

You obviously haven't done the required RTFM!!!!

tar xzf filename.tar.gz

What you did was looking for a stdin file to untar.  Please, read tha
man pages before bitching.  They are very helpful.

Who said the file was double-compressed?

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