Top "Tar" questions

Opening a .tar.gz file with a single command

When I download a .tar.gz file, I open it with two commands, first gunzip and then tar. Is it …

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tar removing leading '/' from member names

I got an error when I append > /dev/null to tar command, anyone know what's going on in second …

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Extract tar the tar.bz2 file error

I tried to extract the tar.bz2 file in Fedora 17 OS. I used the command: # tar -xvjf myfile.tar.bz2 …

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Deleting files after adding to tar archive

Can GNU tar add many files to an archive, deleting each one as it is added? This is useful when …

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tar with --include pattern

The following is a snippet from a script I have that tries to tar up all php files in a …

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Are tar.gz and tgz the same thing?

I created .tgz file with tar czvf file command.then I ended up with a tgz file. I want to …

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Programmatically extract tar.gz in a single step (on Windows with 7-Zip)

Problem: I would like to be able to extract tar.gz files in a single step. This makes my question …

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Extract gnutls library files of tar.xz and tar.lz for ubuntu 10.04 LTS

I am very new to linux platform and I want to extract gnutls for ubuntu. If I do, $ls then, …

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Installing VTK for Python

I'm trying to install VTK module for python, I am however unsuccesful in doing so. I have downloaded a VTK …

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How do I untar a subdirectory into the current directory?

How to I extract a subdirectory in a tarball into the current directory? Example, the tarball from wordpress: wordpress/ wordpress/…

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