I did read the help tar --h |more
but I didn't understand , also it's like 3 pages long, and the z options is not even
listed.
At least with Windows you just double click ( with winzip ) and it's done.
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>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
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>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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