HELP ME PLEASE! TAR file??
 

hi, i downloaded this music file thing, and it wont open because my computer doesnt recognize "TAR". how do i extract TAR..or how do i get my music to play? - thanks :)

more details please! A *.tar file is compressed, like a *.zip file.

sorry man, as you can see im not really good in computers...and well, what do you want to know? like...the files on the desktop..and i right clicked it and went to properties..and the "file tyte" is "TAR FILE" ...thats all it really says..

Are you on Windows or Linux?

If you're on windows download winrar and make sure it's associated with the .tar file type. After installation you should be able to uncompress the file using winrar and then use it.

If you're on linux then it should just be a matter of typing "man tar" and reading that man page. However since you probably would want the easy way out it would be

"tar -xvf filename.tar"

the x is for extract the v is for verbose and the f is for filename.

if it's just a .tar file then...

if it's a .tar.gz file then...

if it's a tar.bz2 file....

One more command i have for you...

cool i got windows....but where would i write those codes??

If you're on Winsucks those code wont do you any good. You have to download a utility to extract them like winrar , the one mjl3434 mentioned.

If you had GNU/Linux, then you'd type those commands in a shell. Since you're on windows, don't type anything and see the suggestion above in post #4

alright guys. THANKS! :)!

man im really really confused...i D/l winrar....and so i associated it with .TAR , but it still wont play? all the .TAR files have turned into 'winrar archives' how do i switch it to ZIP?

waite i got it my bad

So what is this music file thing you downloaded? Windows stuff is usually compressed is in a zip format. What happened when you tried to extract the files via winrar?