On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 01:37:51PM -0700, Arturo Ovalle wrote: > Thanks Paul for your help. I'll have a look to those programs, and see if > they are suitable for this task. > > In advance; "tar" is the hardest and confusing term I've ever (try not to) > use. I've never been able to untar my own files, specially if it is mixed > with .bz .zip .gz... etc. >
Tar is actually not that confusing. The man page has improved, putting in examples. I have a very old page at http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/tarball.html, that deals with various formats, including tar. Like anything else, once you know it, it's pretty easy. Also, tar has gotten better at figuring out the file type and whether it's bz2 or gz can often open it without you having to specify. That is, the command for a tar.bz2 file is usually tar xvfj <filename> and xvfz for a tar.gz file. However, usually (though not 100 percent of the time), you can just type tar xvf and tar will figure out if it's bzipped or gzipped. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: I didn't jump to conclusions. I took a small step, and conclusions there were. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
