[aclug-L] Re: Decompressing .tgz files

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The usual method is to cd to the directory above where you want the
unziped/untared files to be. Issue the command:
tar -zxvf /path-to-file/file.tgz
and the package will be unziped and untared in a single step.
if it is a package to compile, the usual place is /usr/src
John Phillips

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, David H. Spurlock wrote:

> I recently downloaded some files with a .tgz extension but I am not sure how
> to decompress them. I think that they use gunzip but that is as far as my
> knowledge goes. Anyone have any experience with this format?
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> David Spurlock
> Senior Technician 
> Interex/XLR8 Tech Support 
> 
>