tar -xzvf filename should do it
wade
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Barto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:24 PM
Subject: [newbie] untar commands?
> Could someone please tell me how to uncompress and install a tar.gz
> file?
> I have been trying for hours checking the docs and can't seem to make it
> work.
> My BIOS ate my 40G HD and I installed new controller card. MFG only has
> e-mail
> support and wife is crying about "the mouse doesn't work the same as
> windows".
> I d/l the support.pdf file from the MFG but the built in reader gives me
> blank pages.
> Now I have d/l Acrobat reader but can't get it to untar. Have used
> Archiver in 7.2
> and can get to the files but leaves them in tar format. How do I get
> them from tar
> to executables?
>
