Tar?

[pinehead]

Ok, in redhat how do i unzip a .tar.gz file becuase tar -zxvf does not work.

Any ideas?

thank you
Anthony

Unzip? Perhaps you mean decompress. tar.gz files should be uncompressed with 'tar xzf file.tar.gz' if this does not work your file could either be:

A) Corrupt.
B) Wrong exntesion.
C) All off the above.

What is the error that is printed out on your terminal?

[countach44]

also try gunzip filename
and then
tar -xvf filename

maybe you don't have zlib installed...

[slideshow-bob]

i¨m not at all sure if this helps, but as i'm getting help from people -i'll try to help a little myself :P (maybe you know all this already...)

but what i always use is:

gzip -d "filename"
tar -xvf "filename"

-as i understand it -what you have there is a file that has been compressed twice. -once with tar and then once with gzip.

[Compunuts]

[quote author=slideshow-bob link=board=1;threadid=9541;start=0#msg87056 date=1090683518]
-as i understand it -what you have there is a file that has been compressed twice. -once with tar and then once with gzip.
[/quote]
Yes, correct. But you can just use "xvzf" and skip doing it twice. Z is for gzip format. See "man tar" for more info.