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Rich Lorenz

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Jan 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/27/96
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Please excuse my ignorance, but how do I unzip files with tgz extensions
Any form of information on this will help. I'm a novice in Linux and
seem to be able to unzip/tar .gz files but can't seem to get .tgz files
to work.

Thanks in advance!
Cheers, Rich

Jim Kingdon

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Jan 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/27/96
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> Please excuse my ignorance, but how do I unzip files with tgz extensions

.tgz is just short for .tar.gz. That is the file has been packed with
tar and compressed with gzip. So pick your favorite of:

$ mv foo.tgz foo.tar.gz
$ gunzip foo.tar.gz
$ tar -xvf foo.tar

or

$ gzip -d -c <foo.tgz >foo.tar
$ tar -xvf foo.tar

David R. McGown

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Jan 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/27/96
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In article <4ec859$k...@news3.digex.net>,

Rich Lorenz <lor...@cpcug.org> writes:
>Please excuse my ignorance, but how do I unzip files with tgz extensions
>Any form of information on this will help. I'm a novice in Linux and
>seem to be able to unzip/tar .gz files but can't seem to get .tgz files
>to work.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Cheers, Rich

.tgz = .tar.gz

tar xzvf yourfile.tgz

David

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Jan 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/29/96
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Rich,

If you are new to LINUX then would you mind setting me up with some hints
on how to get started. I run Win'95 and am anxious to get running with
both. Where do I get a copy of LINUX and what is the current version?

Thanks,
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Jim Kingdon

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Jan 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/30/96
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> Where do I get a copy of LINUX and what is the current version?

There are a lot of places to get linux, but http://www.redhat.com is
one good place. That web page contains information about versions.

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