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Operating Systems => Lunix & Unix => Topic started by: admin on December 07, 2009, 01:25:20 AM
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in Unix a user may untar a compressed (gzipped) tar file with:
tar -zxvf <filename>
The z flag instructs tar to use gzip. A seperate gzip pipe is not required.
Of course, the v flag is not necessary, just makes gzip quite talkative
Also a .tgz file may be untarred with -zxf switches (only).