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Old 09-30-2004, 05:29 PM   #1
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Command line extract

Hi all,
I want to extract file: thunderbird-8.0-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz to folder: /usr/local/thunderbird-8.0 In a console logged in as root what is the command i need to type.
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Old 09-30-2004, 05:37 PM   #2
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tar -xzf filename

x = extract
z = zipped
f = file
 
Old 09-30-2004, 05:37 PM   #3
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tar -xzf thunderbird-8.0-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
mv thunderbird-8.0-i686-linux-gtk2+xft /usr/local/thunderbird-8.0

EDIT: aww, you got there first =]
 
  


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