Just a note:
$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
$ tar -zxf test.tar.gz
$ tar zxf test.tar.gz
Both work fine.
$ tar -fxz test.tar.gz
tar (child): test.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
...
$ tar fxz test.tar.gz
$
I just learned today that if I use the '-', then f needs to be last, but
without the '-', I can mix up the switches. hmmm.
|On 020207 10:20
|Chris Ruprecht (chrup999@yahoo.com) wrote the following...
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|well, with gnu tar, the command is actually
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|tar -zxvf postgresql-7.2.tar.gz
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|with the '-' and the 'v' optional
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|The 'z' tells tar that the file is compressed.
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|Best regards,
|Chris
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