Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 19:01:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Bernard Courtney <bc@bythehand.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UN Tar Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970512190036.17671A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <3377B931.244C@bythehand.com>
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To untar a .tgz or .tar.gz archive: tar xzvf filename.tgz Or if it's a .tar.Z: tar xZvf filename.tar.Z If it's not compressed at all, leave out the [z|Z]. On Mon, 12 May 1997, Bernard Courtney wrote: > HI all, > > Quick question- what is the command to un tar a local file? eg. I have > qmail in the /var directory, I want to extract it to the /var directory- > what is the command? > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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