I must point out that a .tar.gz file is "gunzipped"
and the "z" option must be included in the command,
hence tar -xvzf foo.tar
If the file has already been un commpessed then the
correct syntax is
tar -xvf foo.tar.
sean
--- jpgois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> kwf wrote :
> > I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no
> problem getting it
> > unzipped.
> > But I cannot extract it for anything.
> > I can enter:
> > tar -x [filename]
> >
> > Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to
> the next line and
> > won't let me do anything after that. I have to
> exit the window
> > and try again, getting nowhere.
> > When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it
> tells me the file
> > is not local.
> > I cannot find anything about "local" vs
> "non-local" files.
> > Any ideas? What am I an idiot about?
> >
> > Alaskan Ken
>
> The command line to decompress a tar.gz file is :
> tar zxf file.tar.gz
>
> If you already unzipped the archive, then you just
> have to type :
> tar xf file.tar
>
> It should work with that.
>
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