From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.shellworld.net ([64.39.15.178] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A761R-0006Sl-00 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:34:01 -0400 Received: from server1.shellworld.net (ldavis@localhost.shellworld.net [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h984XvMt043153 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:33:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h984Xv59043150 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:33:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) X-Authentication-Warning: server1.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:33:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Luke Davis To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: TGZ Files In-Reply-To: <005301c38d41$b382cbb0$6501a8c0@ism.can.ibm.com> Message-ID: References: <005301c38d41$b382cbb0$6501a8c0@ism.can.ibm.com> Organization: "Tacticus Communications, Inc." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The -z switch to tar will do it, or the gunzip command. Say you start with "test.tar.gz", you could do: gunzip test.tar.gz In which case you will get "test.tar". You could drop this step, however, by doing: tar -xzf test.tar.gz Or: tar -xzvf test.tar.gz You will then get the expanded contents of the tar. A ".tgz" file, is just a ".tar.gz" file, with a shorter name. On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Rejean Proulx wrote: > How do I unzip a tgz file? I found a potential raid reconfig tool and I > want to play with it under my user id very carefully before I go at my > system in root. > > Rejean Proulx > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > MSN is: rejp@rogers.com > Ham License VA3REJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Want a free month of internet access on a great ISP? Go here: http://www.tacticus.com/net/