2006/1/12, Doug Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > nga wrote: > > Linux: > > - well, i don't know but I think there is from the OS within a support > > for TAR.GZ > > > > > > The GNU Tar implementation that the majority of Linux distros ship > allows for handling .gz files with the "z" flag and .bz2 files with the > "j" flag. > > For instance: > > `tar xvzf wordpress.nightly.tar.gz` > > will expand and untar the file in the current directory. > > If you're on an older Solaris machine or on a *NIX box that doesn't use > the GNU or UCB tar, you can always use gzcat and pipe it to tar: > > `gzcat wordpress.nightly.tar.gz | tar xvf -` > > Make sure you include that last dash on the tar command, as it tells tar > to read from STDIN instead of from a file.
there is a nice tool called unp it works with all kind of zipped fieles (tar,zip,rar,gz,bz,gz2 blah) and the only thing you have to do is: #: unp wordpress.nightly.tar.gz cheerio ;-) P.S.:hello wp-testers list ;-) _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
