Re: [newbie] How to open a .tar.gz file?

[Michael]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, you wrote:
> What is the correct way to un tar a file? I just downloaded  Lobster 0.99
> and need to install it
>
> Thanks
>
> Robert J Basye 3rd
> -----------------------------------------------------------------

I use "gunzip -dc file.name.tar.gz | tar -xvf -"  (without the quotes;-)
That decompresses, unzips and un-tars all at once.

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Michael Lewis
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