On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Lance & Carrie Borden wrote:
> Randall Randall wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On a side note, I am unable to get tar to even
> > show me a list of a tar archive, so this might
> > not work properly. It doesn't give errors, just
> > stops.
>
> Thanks for the great help. I'm now getting my system all organized! Regarding the
> above, I'm not sure if what I'm about to write will make a lot of sense, but it
> DOES seem to work! I'm running mdk 6.1.
>
> I've noticed that I can right click any .tar.gz or .tgz file (in kfm) and get the
> option to view the contents with ark. However, after I unzip those files, I no
> longer get the option to use ark to view the .tar files. BUT, if I zip them back up,
> I can use ark again. Don't know if you've found another way to see a list of the tar
> archive, but for me, making it a .gz will allow me to view the list with ark.
>
mc will let you view the contents....from the CLI. :-)
John
