Re: Decompression

2001-06-01 Thread Dean S Wilson
-Original Message- From: Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Umm, *strokes beard* by archive you mean tar file, right? If so then >Archive::Tar looks likely, and it even automagically deals with .gz This does exactly what I wanted, a pint is yours at the next meeting! >files via Comp

Re: Decompression

2001-05-31 Thread Richard Clamp
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:28:44PM +0100, Dean wrote: > Question for the unix people on the list. I have an archive that's gzipped > up and contains either a number of small files or a single large file. Umm, *strokes beard* by archive you mean tar file, right? If so then Archive::Tar looks like

Re: Decompression

2001-05-31 Thread Dean
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:56:21PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > Also for future reference does any one know a better way to do this than > > Compress::Zlib, core or non-core. > > I suppose > # tar -xzf [archivename] [filename/that/you.want] > is too easy .. I'm missing something again aren

Re: Decompression

2001-05-31 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Dean wrote: > Question for the unix people on the list. I have an archive that's gzipped > up and contains either a number of small files or a single large file. > > What's the easiest way to extract any given file? It has to use core modules > and anyone with a sample script

Decompression

2001-05-31 Thread Dean
Question for the unix people on the list. I have an archive that's gzipped up and contains either a number of small files or a single large file. What's the easiest way to extract any given file? It has to use core modules and anyone with a sample script can earn a pint ;) Also for future refere