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[chajj001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Chajecki)]

Jean Claude,

Sorry, I gave you some duff info. Options -tzvf views the contents
of a gzipped tar and -xzvf extracts the contents.

Options -tzvfg is duff info as the 'z' flag filters the file thru gzip.

Therefore, 'tar -xvf filename' for tar files and 'tar -xzvf
filename' for gzipped tars.

> Jean Claude,
> 
> The .gz extension shows the file is compressed with gzip.
> The tar means that it is a tar archive.
> 
> gzip will uncompress it.
> tar will unarchive the contents.
> 
> You can also use tar to do both. Do:
> 
>     gz -h
>     tar --help
> 
> for a list of options for both packages. You might also check out the 
> man pages.
> 
> Generally 'tar -tzvf filename' for tar files and 'tar -tzvgf filename' 
> for gzipped tars does it.
> 
> 
> >  I have a source C file with extension .tar.gz. 
> > With what utility can I extract the source file?
> > 
> > J C
> > 
> > 
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> John Chajecki, Network Consultant (CNE4)
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> Town Clerk's Dept., Leicester City Council
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