Zipping and Taring and ?
 

how do i unzip a file in RH7.3 using gnome. when i click on the
!!@#!@#!.tar.gz file an error message pops up saying no viewer available or something similar. I then right click on the zipped file and try to get it to unzip with gzip... or something similar. nothing happens, how can i get this to work? is their an unzipping program that i could d/l or what?

Try this link from our glossary: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ryid=35&long=1

well easiest way would be to use the command line.

open up the terminal, and type this in:

tar ztfv filename.tar.gz

This is to make sure that the person who made the zip has all the files extracted into a single directory; otherwise you will have files all over the place.

Once you are sure that there is a single place that everything will be extracted to --> Almost everytime there is. Run the following command to actually extract the files.

tar zxvf filename.tar.gz

Also good idea would me to check the man pages for tar, to get a feel of what all the commands do.

man tar

Also a GUI program to do extracting is ARK. It works on KDE, and I think that it should also work on Gnome. I usually just use the command line though.

Try this lame app:

http://www.linuxapps.com/?page=appli...urrent&id=4083

Hope you like it ;)

HTH,

vfs.