tar archives.

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi,

Get into the directory where the tar ball is. then type the following to unpack the archive. 
"tar zxpvf file_name.tar.gz"
Greg


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shaun Oliver 
  To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:47 AM
  Subject: tar archives.


  Hi guys.
  I'm currently using linux slackware via telnet at the moment I have access to a shell thanks to a friend and I need to know how to unpack files with a .tar.gz extention.
  could somebody help me please?
  thanks in advance Shaun..
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