Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:10:03 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> To: yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net>, www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: another little error? Message-ID: <l03102800affb6c70488e@[194.45.188.81]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970722234130.6094E-100000@yoss.canweb.net>
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At 5:42 Uhr +0200 23.07.1997, yossman wrote: >on http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook28.html, > > > cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports/databases > > get gnats.tar.gz [tarballs up the gnats skeleton for us] > > quit > # tar xzf gnats.tar.gz [extract the gnats skeleton] > # cd gnats > # make install [build and install gnats] > >shouldn't the command be 'tar xvzf gnats.tar.gz'? Not necessarily. >or does tar automatically gunzip with .tar.gz extentions? Yes, that's what -z is for: $ man tar [...] -v --verbose Lists files written to archive with --create or extracted with --extract; lists file protection information along with file names with --list. [...] -z --gzip --gunzip Filter the archive through gzip(1). -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-0 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/
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