Re: [SLUG] Uncompressing .tgz files

[DaZZa]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David wrote:

> what does gunzip or gzip do that tar doesn't?
> 
> tar xzf works and is easier to relate to. 

GZIP compresses. Tar doesn't - it simply puts numerous paths/files into
one archive.

All tar xzf does is pipe the output through GZIP before running the TAR
command to dissolve the archive. It saves you some typing, is all. :-)

DaZZa


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