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by **Ster** » Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:00:00

I don't quite get it: I download a *.tar.gz file and un gzip it, no
problem. The resulting file is a *.tar file, so I run "tar -d" to untar it,
but nothing happens. Instead it accepts keystokes from the console.

Why?

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

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by **Frank Sweetse** » Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> I don't quite get it: I download a *.tar.gz file and un gzip it, no
> problem. The resulting file is a *.tar file, so I run "tar -d" to untar it,
> but nothing happens. Instead it accepts keystokes from the console.

You need to pass it the filename with the -f option. You can combine the
gzip and tar command line like so:

tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz

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by **Alexander Vi** » Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:00:00

tar xf <name>.tar
Better yet, tar zxf <name>.tar.gz
Cheers,
Al

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