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Re: [edlug] Tarballs ?
Andrew Ramage wrote:
How do you uncrompress .tar.gz files ? I am trying to use tar -xvz but
the machine seems to freeze and do nothing. Hitting Ctrl-Z and typing
ps shows tar and gzip to be running, but other than that the machine
just sits there ...
Most command line tools will give you a brief run down of what options
they have if you append --help to them: foo --help. If not man (man tar)
pages are often your friend, but they vary in quality, some are
incredibly obscure. I never, ever want to read ntpd documentation again.
The worst thing about tar is that the c and x keys are next to each
other, that has caused me no end of pain in the past when archiving
things. I now do things differently ;)
Matt
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