Re: compressed file / -z option

I tried the command you gave me with Cygwin
and it worked like a dream.
tar -xvzf <file>.tar.gz.tar

I downloaded Cygwin from www.cygwin.com because I am a windows user
and I find I need Cygwin some times.

I had tried the command tar -xf <filename>.tar.gz.tar earlier but that
came back with  a message "this does not look like a tar archive"
I also tried tar -xvf <filename>.tar.gz.tar and that came back with the same
message.

Clearly  the option of -z which you suggested makes the difference.

Thanks V. much
Zahid


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Patterson" <[email protected]>
To: "Zahid Rahman" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: compressed file


> In Linux you get a 'tar' utility.  It stands for "Tape ARchive" even if no
> one uses tape anymore.  You also have 'gzip' which is the GNU zip utility.
> Most Linux tars today seem to be able to handle gzip with a -z option.
> Check the man file for tar first.  Generally to unpack a .tar.gz file I
say
> "tar -xvzf <file>.tar.gz".
>
> Bill Patterson
>
> Zahid Rahman wrote:
>
> > I have a compressed file called <filename>.tar.gz.tar
> >
> > It doesn't uncompress with winzip which is my usual and favourite.
> > Does anybody know what software I can use to extract this kind of file.
>