Operating Systems > Linux and UNIX

just another stupid newbie question

(1/4) > >>

dishawjp:
Hi All,

I know that this is a real newbie question, but I couldn't find anything in the man pages or in the Linux book I bought.  I downloaded a file and it's in .tar.gz format.  I I need to extract and install it.  I tried the tar -e command with no luck.  Any help would be appreciated.  Oh, I'm running Red Hat 6.2.

TIA

Jim

caveman_piet:
The -z flag does the gzip/gunzip.

Try tar -tvzf filename.tar.gz - this should
only list the files in the archive

and tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz will extract

electroman:
DOSman, curious, what was the last DOS version you used?

RudeCat7:
Pretty soon you'll be "FreeDosMan"   :D

choasforages:
umm, i normally stick to

tar -zxvf

and use it for tar.gz files

and

tar jxvf

for tar.bz2 files

have fun

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page