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# 1  
Old 11-20-2003
Combination of gunzip and tar on Solaris
Hello
I'm trying to use a combination of gunzip and tar to unpack and unzip a *.tar.gz file. I tried gunzip ~/myfile.tar.gz | gtar -x

This will unzip the file, but it won't unpack. Any hints?

thanks a lot

Dan
# 2  
Old 11-20-2003
gzcat filename.tar.gz | tar -xpf -
# 3  
Old 11-20-2003
or:
tar xvfz filename.tar.gz
# 4  
Old 11-20-2003
or...

gzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xfv -
# 5  
Old 11-20-2003
Dan

You probably already know this, but worth pointing out. Often files that are tar(d) and gzip(d) have a .tgz extension.

Cheers,

Keith
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Old 11-21-2003
Bug Thanks!
Thanks a lot y'all!

Dan
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