I know, I know, this is NOT a unix mailing list, but here is a tasty tid-bit for Linux users and the tar command. On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, George wrote: > On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Eric de Groot wrote: > > > tar -x circle30bpl11.tar and tar x circle30bpl11.tar and some other > > try 'tar -xf circle30bpl11.tar', and make sure you've done a > 'gzip -d circle30bpl11.tar.gz' first With Linux and the gnu tools, you can untar gziped file directly with: tar xvfz <filename.tar.gz> The "z" will filter the file thtough gunzip before untaring the archive. There ya have it. Later, Richard McKay rmckay@execpc.com +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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