what does gunzip or gzip do that tar doesn't?
tar xzf works and is easier to relate to.
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Crossfire wrote:
> D.V.Rogers was once rumoured to have said:
> > have readthe book, twice
> > still having problems uncompressing .tgz files
>
> Generic solution:
>
> gzip -dc mytar.tgz | tar xf -
>
> GNU Tar solution:
>
> tar zxf mytar.tgz
>
> 'nuff said.
>
> C.
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