by Jian Ba » Sat, 22 Feb 1997 04:00:00
Hi, Everyone:
I got a file which was double compressed: filename.tar.gz
I know how to uncompress tar file but not gz file (uncompress is not
working).
I'm working under HP-UX(9.5). Do I need some special tool
to do it? and where I can get it?
Any inputs are appreciated!
Jian Bao
by James Ega » Sat, 22 Feb 1997 04:00:00
> Hi, Everyone:
> I got a file which was double compressed: filename.tar.gz
> I know how to uncompress tar file but not gz file (uncompress is not
> working).
> I'm working under HP-UX(9.5). Do I need some special tool
> to do it? and where I can get it?
> Any inputs are appreciated!
> Jian Bao
/Jim/
--
James P. Egan | Integrated Architectures, Inc.
by Michael J. Murph » Wed, 26 Feb 1997 04:00:00
> Hi, Everyone:
> I got a file which was double compressed: filename.tar.gz
> I know how to uncompress tar file but not gz file (uncompress is not
> working).
> I'm working under HP-UX(9.5). Do I need some special tool
> to do it? and where I can get it?
-murph
by Mahatma Kane-Jeev » Thu, 27 Feb 1997 04:00:00
BTW, a tar.gz suffix does NOT mean your file is "double compressed".
Tar just collects a bunch of files into one file; it does NOT, by
default, compress them. (Tar is NOT like most DOS archivers like ZIP
and ARJ which both collect and compress files in one step.) However,
because compression is such a common requirement, recent versions of
tar have support for gzip built-in. See "man tar" for details.
--- mkj
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