how to uncompress x.tar.tar
i download a game , but it has a file name of x.tar.tar .
i don not know how to uncompress it . i have tried command : tar , unzip , gzip , etc but all it can not work . does someone know it . regards |
You have two options: either that the file has been tarred twice, which really makes no sense, or that the person made a typo when they named the file.
For the first possibility do tar xvf x.tar.tar ; tar xvf x.tar For the second try tar xvjf x.tar.tar or if that doesn't work tar xvzf x.tar.tar If none of those work, then something else is wrong with the file. Read the guide on their web site or contact the developer. |
Hi,
Some times some site make errors with file extentions. you should do : file yourfile.tar.tar and you should see if it talk about gzip if it's that you sould do mv youfile.tar.tar youfile.tar.gz tar xvzf yourfile.tar.tar and if it talk about bzip2 : mv youfile.tar.tar youfile.tar.bz tar xvjf yourfile.tar.tar |
rcainc it's kind of you to reply but that's exactly the same as my post. Also you have an error: mv x.tar.tar x.tar.gz ; tar xvzf x.tar.tar (but that file no longer exists, right ;) )
Note: `tar` doesn't care what the extension /actually/ is, you can have a tar+bzip2 file that has no extension at all as long as you pass it the correct decompression parameters. |
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