You guys are slipping... all these responses and nobody suggested he type "man tar" and Read The Fine Manual?<div><br></div><div>There are several good guides on using tar if you google for it, like this one:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/994016279/index_html">http://www.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/994016279/index_html</a><br><br></div><div>One pointer I didn't see anyone suggest, before I extract an archive, I usually check to see what the extract path is going to be, like:</div>
<div><br></div><div>tar -tzvf myfile.tgz | less</div><div><br></div><div>That will tell you where it's going to be extracted.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the file extension standards are:</div><div><br></div><div>.tar - just a tar archive, may contain multiple files and folders, but isn't compressed.</div>
<div>.tgz or .tar.gz - a tar archive that has been compressed with gzip.</div><div>.gz - a file compressed with gzip.</div><div><br></div><div>-dc</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Paul Gray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gray@cs.uni.edu">gray@cs.uni.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 05/03/2011 10:40 AM, Tim Wilson wrote:<br>
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> the x = decompress, the v = tell me ALL about it (verbose), the f =<br>
don't ask me questions, just f do it.<br>
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"f" means that the target is a file, not a tape device.<br><font color="#888888">
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