Associating an application to a file

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10-14-2004, 03:19 PM	#1
gordingin LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2004 Posts: 12 Rep:	Associating an application to a file I know, sounds simple but..... I have download a few .tar.gz files but when I double click on them, I gnome tells me there is no association to them. I have file roller installed but how can I associate a .tar.gz file with file roller. It is killing me... thanks Ralph

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