Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 03:49:11 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Bernard Courtney <bc@bythehand.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UN Tar Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970513034740.1034I-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <3377B931.244C@bythehand.com>
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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? man tar ... tar -xzvf file the z is used only if it's gzipped. i would untar it in a tmp directory first, to see how it untarrs - maybe not like you'd want it too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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