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07-22-2003, 11:25 PM	#1
klfreese Member Registered: Jul 2003 Distribution: Suse 10 Posts: 55 Rep:	unzip a tar.gz file how do a unzip a tar.gz file

07-22-2003, 11:35 PM	#2
crabboy Senior Member Registered: Feb 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Distribution: Slackware Posts: 1,821 Rep:	either: tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz OR gzip -d filename.tar.gz tar -xvf filename.tar

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