Tar is simply to decompress the folder. On windows I believe you could for example use 7-zip <http://www.7-zip.org> to do that.
On Friday, August 17, 2012 6:29:59 AM UTC+1, jayvandal wrote: > > I put my applications in c:/python27/projects > i make my application = cars > I change my directory to cars > I run some program tar zxvf/\/c:/web2py/applications/web2py.app.carsale.w2p > i am running Vista > what should tar zxvf be in Vista? > > I think web2py is good for learning web in python! > I appreciate your help > > > > > On Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:11:24 PM UTC-6, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> BTW... it is a very simple example written by a student. >> >> On Thursday, 16 August 2012 21:11:01 UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> You should use admin to install applications. If you want to do it >>> manually you need do >>> >>> cd applications >>> mkdir appname >>> cd appname >>> tar zxvf /path/to/web2py.app.carsales.w2p >>> >>> at voila'? The w2p files do not contain the parent folder because, to >>> avoid conflict, they want you to name the app. >>> >>> On Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:55:52 UTC-5, jayvandal wrote: >>>> >>>> I down;oaded a file of web2py examples and I wanted to put carsales >>>> in my web2py applications sso I could see how the application looks. I >>>> downloaded the file that contained car sales and unzipped it .I thought I >>>> could unzip it into my folder projects where I could have my >>>> applications.I >>>> cannot see the carsales application. >>>> what is the manner I can use to do this? >>>> >>> --
