A comment to the paragraph below was recently added via http://zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/InstallingZope.stx#3-29
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"cd" to your home directory and, using gunzip and GNUtar,
extract the files from the *.tgz* archive you downloaded in the
last step::
chrism@saints:~$ gunzip -c Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz | tar xvf -
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/Extensions/
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/Extensions/README.txt
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/LICENSE.txt
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/README.txt
(.. and so on..)
% Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 2:34 am:
The commandline they're using in this example is redundant on linux these days. The command can be shortened
quite a bit. Gunzip can be a commandline switch for tar. The original command above, "gunzip -c
Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz | tar xvf -" can be shortened to "tar xzf Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz". The same
applies to files ending in .tar.gz.
% Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 7:04 am:
The example verbosity is intentional. Non-linux people complained about the form you suggest because it
didn't work on their platform (e.g. Solaris).
% Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 3:44 pm:
That's why the poster said it's redundant on LINUX. Now everyone has clarity. :)
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