Re: files with tar.gz

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

"John Marlovits" <JMarlovits turtlewax com> wrote:

>I did read the help tar --h |more
>but I didn't understand , also it's like 3 pages long, and the z options is not 
even listed.

Sure it is, right at the top with all the rest of the options.  

	...
	[ -Z, --compress, --uncompress ] [ -z, --gzip --gunzip ]
	[ --use-compress-program COMPRESS ]
	...

The description of these is near the end of the page.
	
>At least with Windows you just double click ( with winzip ) and it's done. 

If you go in for that sort of thing, use the file manager in your window
manager.  Many file managers recognize compressed archives and "opening"
them will uncompress and unpack in one step.  You don't even have to
start the program yourself.  Just like Windows.

		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs