What's wrong with
tar xzvf /path/to/filename
Run it in the path where you want the tarball to be dropped to.
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, D.V.Rogers wrote:
> have readthe book, twice
> still having problems uncompressing .tgz files
> any command line suggestions?
> any utilities recommended?
> thanks
> David
>
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