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07-04-2017, 08:43 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,235 Rep:	LXer: How to unzip a tar.gz file Published at LXer: If you use open source software, chances are you'll encounter a .tar file at some point.The open source tar archive utility has been around since 1979, so it is truly ubiquitous in the POSIX world. Its purpose is simple: It takes one or more files and "wraps" them into a self-contained file, called a tape archivebecausewhen tar was inventedit was used to place data on storage tapes. Read More...

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