[PLUG] .gz file extraction
Michael Montagne
montagne at boora.com
Mon Aug 26 19:58:40 UTC 2002
Yeah, that's what I needed...tar. But the extension of the file I
downloaded was not .tat.gz. It was just .gz. The only clue is the file
name I guess.
>On 26/08/02, from the brain of Sean Whitney tumbled:
> I am assuming here but if the file you downloaded is a .tar.gz file, try this
>
> tar xvfz file.tar.gz
>
> This should gunzip and untar it into the appropriate directory structure that
> you are expecting.
>
> If it's already gunzipped. Try tar xvf file.tar and it should create the
> filestructure and files you are expecting.
>
> Sean
>
> On Monday 26 August 2002 12:41, you wrote:
> > I downloaded a bunch of source code the other day that came as a .gz
> > file. When I extract it with "gunzip filename", it creates a huge file.
> > But, it is supposed to be a directory with files in it. If I use "ark",
> > the KDE archiver, I can extract them correctly.
> > But I don't want to rely on KDE. I should be able to tell (or at least
> > extract to the correct format)using standard tools. What am I doing
> > wrong?
> > This is the URL of the site where I downloaded the .gz file.
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30996&release_id=1048
> >23
>
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