Re: How to untar a file

> I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was > wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it on a CD? > Thanx, Matt! if it ends in .tar: tar -xvf filename.tar (you don't need the v, it is for verbose, i like verbose though) if it ends in .tar

Re: How to untar a file

"tar xf file.tar" perhaps would do.. "tar xzf file.tar.gz" for tar.gzs At 08:27 PM 12/30/01 -0800, Matt D wrote: I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it

How to untar a file

I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it on a CD? Thanx, Matt! _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com