Using tar

Using tar

[gshang]

> I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard
>nothing.  Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt.

You almost got it.  You want:

tar -xf filename

Note that many tar files are gzipped as well (i.e. they're tar.gz files), 
so you would need

tar -zxf filename

for these.  Also note that most tar files have their own subdir in them so 
they'll unpack underneath where you are.

Geoff.

Re: Using tar

[charles crawford]

Jeff,

	thaks will try the unpacking noe.

-- charlie.

Re: Using tar

[Gregory Nowak]

Sorry about that, I forgot the f option in my post, Geoff is correct here.
Greg


On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:30:51AM +1000, gshang@uq.net.au wrote:
> 
> > I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard
> >nothing.  Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt.
> 
> You almost got it.  You want:
> 
> tar -xf filename
> 
> Note that many tar files are gzipped as well (i.e. they're tar.gz files), 
> so you would need
> 
> tar -zxf filename
> 
> for these.  Also note that most tar files have their own subdir in them so 
> they'll unpack underneath where you are.
> 
> Geoff.
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Re: Using TAR

[Gregory Nowak]

Tar is an exception to the rule, in that its options don't require the dash. Also, the dosemu files are .tar.gz files, which means they ned to be piped through gunzip before they can be piped through tar. To have tar automatically do this, the basic options you need are zx (z for pipe through gunzip, and x for extract). So, what you want to type is something like:
"tar zx filename".
Hth.
Greg


On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 03:19:37PM -0500, Charles Crawford wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> 	I downloaded dosemu and got a tar file.  Now remember I don't know a whole 
> lot about Linux and so I managed to copy the file to a directory I 
> created.  I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard 
> nothing.  Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt. 
> So how do I extract the contents of the dosemu file and run the program?  I 
> presume I can extract the files in the directory I have created for them 
> which I am sitting in.
> 
> -- Charlie.
> 
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Using TAR

[Charles Crawford]

Hi All,

	I downloaded dosemu and got a tar file.  Now remember I don't know a whole 
lot about Linux and so I managed to copy the file to a directory I 
created.  I then went to the directory and tried tar -x filename and heard 
nothing.  Only control-z or was it -c worked to get me back to the prompt. 
So how do I extract the contents of the dosemu file and run the program?  I 
presume I can extract the files in the directory I have created for them 
which I am sitting in.

-- Charlie.