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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 01:03:38 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <monkey@crackula.com>
To:        arvids <arvids@blezurs.lv>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to configure tar?
Message-ID:  <20020627010338.A1933@crackula.com>
In-Reply-To: <NBBBJNOMPKLOEJCLPKHFGEKBCHAA.arvids@blezurs.lv>; from arvids@blezurs.lv on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:49:00AM %2B0300
References:  <NBBBJNOMPKLOEJCLPKHFGEKBCHAA.arvids@blezurs.lv>

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arvids took 0.5K on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:49:00AM +0300 to say:
> I cannot open the archive
> I do:
> tar -x backup.tar.gz

tar -xfz backup.tar.gz

the "f" says "the word that comes next is the file to work with",
and the "z" says "use gunzip"

> I tried also gunzip backup.tar.gz
> but then it comes back with an error

the error message itself would be more helpful.

-Adam


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Adam Weinberger
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