[aclug-L] Re: Decompressing .tgz files

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, phrostie wrote:

> try tar xzvfo file.tgz

o?

the man page says 
 -o, --old-archive, --portability
              write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format
and I thought that f had to be the last option


Clint Brubakken
Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Dictator-for-Life Air Capital Linux Users Group 
Wichita, KS
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