Re: files with tar.gz

[Mike Burger <mburger compucomis net>]

tar -xz filename.tar.gz

And for the sake of edification...a .tar file is not compressed...just
archived.  That is why people use gzip to compress them.

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, John Marlovits wrote:

> Is there a easier way to uncompress these stupid files?
> gunzip -d  filename.tar.gz
> tar who knows how this stupid thing works..
> tar -x filename.tar    this just locks up and have to Ctrl c out
>
> Running redhat ver.6
>
> Can't I run one thing to totaly uncomress these?  Why are they double compressed?
>
> John
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