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Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:46:54 +1300

Greg Mayman wrote:
>
> the FAQ file said to 'untar' the file in question (lynx.tgz)
> but 'untar' doesn't seem to be there.
>
> Any alternative suggestions?

Untar means extract (x) from a tar archive.
tar -xf extracts a tar file
tar -zxf extracts a zipped tar file
tar -zxvf extracts a zipped tar file verbosely

Cheers,
Steven

Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Ron Clarke, 01/28/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 2B, Lee Forrest, 01/29/2007
  - Re: [BL] long filenames 2B, Ron Clarke, 01/29/2007
    - Re: [BL] long filenames 2E, Lee Forrest, 01/29/2007
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- Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Greg Mayman, 01/29/2007
  - Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, 3aoo-cvfd, 01/29/2007
    - Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, sindi keesan, 01/29/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Ron Clarke, 01/29/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Greg Mayman, 01/29/2007
  - Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Ron Clarke, 01/29/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Greg Mayman, 01/29/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 4,729, Greg Mayman, 01/29/2007