Re: [SLUG] "Tarballs"????

From: Steve (steve@itcom.net)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 10:12:29 EDT


On Sunday 03 June 2001 05:05, you wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I know I've seen this before, but how the heck do you un-gz a "tarball"?
> I know it's a specific command, but for the life of me I don't remember
> what it is......I've got three of them that I need to open and because
> of all the problems with RPM formats (everyone adapting it to their own
> distro), no one seems to want to use it...so please HELP!!!!
>
> Anita

You can also do it through mc (midnight commander, a text file manager).
Select the gz file and press F2 and then z and it will uncompress the file
into it's own subdirectory tree.

Steve
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