Re: [newbie] tar

[DC Mahoney]

On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 05:50:33PM -0500, _-+Richard Kim=-_ wrote:
> how do i untar a file tar ?v?f filename.tar.gz I forgot the command can
> anyone tell me?

Try "tar xvfz filename.tar.gz"

X = extract
v = do it verbosely so I can see what's happening
f = I'm going to give you the name of the file to untar
z = this is a gzip'd file, so gunzip it on the fly

Dan Mahoney
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