Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:27:19 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock <jim@phrantic.phear.net> To: funkycolmedina <dustpan@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar/tgz Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811241525220.4006-100000@oz.phear.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981123231037.006b6af8@earthlink.net>
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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, funkycolmedina wrote: > Hello again, > > I mounted my A drive where I got my downloaded latest driver from > the ftp to get X running, and this is my delimna. > > in my /mnt directory I copied the file to where I needed it: > > file was x3323s~1.tgz > typed gunzip x3323s~1.tgz Instead of doing gunzip, try tar xfvz <filename>. That'll ungzip and untar it at the same time. > got x3323s~1.tar (??) > typed tar -x x3323s~1.tar Or if you just want to untar the tar file, use tar xfv filename if it's not gzipped. Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@phrantic.phear.net] : : Phear Networks | web: http://www.phear.net/ : : A franchise of Triax, Inc. | ----------------------------- : : Web Site Design & Hosting | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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