- From: Bill Patterson <patterson@computer.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:24:51 -0500
- To: Zahid Rahman <zahidr@btconnect.com>, www-jigsaw@w3.org
I should have mentioned that I only know how to do this in Linux and other Unices. It is a different compression format from the one Winzip uses, obviously. Bill Bill Patterson wrote: > In Linux you get a 'tar' utility. It stands for "Tape ARchive" even if no > one uses tape anymore. You also have 'gzip' which is the GNU zip utility. > Most Linux tars today seem to be able to handle gzip with a -z option. > Check the man file for tar first. Generally to unpack a .tar.gz file I say > "tar -xvzf <file>.tar.gz". > > Bill Patterson > > Zahid Rahman wrote: > > > I have a compressed file called <filename>.tar.gz.tar > > > > It doesn't uncompress with winzip which is my usual and favourite. > > Does anybody know what software I can use to extract this kind of file.
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