hi again,
how can i install these gzip files under qnx ?? i don’t know how to install
neuftp etc.
thx,
meph
mephisto wrote:
hi again,
how can i install these gzip files under qnx ?? i don’t know how to install
neuftp etc.thx,
meph
No worries. Try gzip -d blah.tar.gz, and then tar -vxf blah.tar
This will extract to the current directory, so get into the right
directory first.
In article <39D82A12.C89C8700@ssmb.com.au>,
Dave O’Brien <david.obrien@ssmb.com.au> wrote:
mephisto wrote:
hi again,
how can i install these gzip files under qnx ?? i don’t know how to install
neuftp etc.thx,
meph
No worries. Try gzip -d blah.tar.gz, and then tar -vxf blah.tar
This will extract to the current directory, so get into the right
directory first.
Or you can do it in one step and keep only the compressed tar w/
gzip -dc blah.tar.gz | tar -vxf -
on some systems zcat is the same as `gzip -dc’
http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bellenot
bellenot math.fsu.edu
+1.850.644.7189 (4053fax)
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>No worries. Try gzip -d blah.tar.gz, and then tar -vxf blah.taror even more simplier
>
>This will extract to the current directory, so get into the right
>directory first.Or you can do it in one step and keep only the compressed tar w/
gzip -dc blah.tar.gz | tar -vxf -
on some systems zcat is the same as `gzip -dc'
tar -xvzf blah.tar.gz
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BR, Andrej
Or, it has been discovered that even this works:
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
the z flag, seems to be a recent addition to at least two OS’s tar utility, that I
know of, that tells the tar utility to uncompress a gzip on the fly and leave the
original file untouched.
apparently, this works in the forward direction as well:
tar -cvzf file.tar.gz .
will create a gzip’d tar file. I did it with and without z, and saw that the file
size of the z created file was way smaller, so it compressed, and I could not -tvf
it, it wasn’t recognized as a tar file, but I could -tvzf it.
Funny thing is, the flag is not in the documentation. Only reason I knew of it
was from using the MacOS X Public Beta from Apple.
Scott
Steve Bellenot wrote:
In article <> 39D82A12.C89C8700@ssmb.com.au> >,
Dave O’Brien <> david.obrien@ssmb.com.au> > wrote:
mephisto wrote:hi again,
how can i install these gzip files under qnx ?? i don’t know how to install
neuftp etc.thx,
meph
No worries. Try gzip -d blah.tar.gz, and then tar -vxf blah.tar
This will extract to the current directory, so get into the right
directory first.Or you can do it in one step and keep only the compressed tar w/
gzip -dc blah.tar.gz | tar -vxf -
on some systems zcat is the same as `gzip -dc’
http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bellenot
bellenot math.fsu.edu
+1.850.644.7189 (4053fax)
J. Scott Franko <jsfranko@switch.com> wrote:
: apparently, this works in the forward direction as well:
: tar -cvzf file.tar.gz .
: will create a gzip’d tar file. I did it with and without z, and saw that the file
: size of the z created file was way smaller, so it compressed, and I could not -tvf
: it, it wasn’t recognized as a tar file, but I could -tvzf it.
: Funny thing is, the flag is not in the documentation. Only reason I knew of it
: was from using the MacOS X Public Beta from Apple.
There seem to be a lot of tar options that aren’t in the docs. 
The docs are really still being developed. If you notice anything else
that’s missing, please post. A subject that mentions “documentation” will
catch my eye. Please try to say where you’re looking in the docs (book,
chapter, section, and so on).
Thanks.
Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.
In addition the profanity isn’t needed!
Previously, Steve Reid wrote in comp.os.qnx:
{ J. Scott Franko <jsfranko@switch.com> wrote:
{ : apparently, this works in the forward direction as well:
{
{ : tar -cvzf file.tar.gz .
{
{ : will create a gzip’d tar file. I did it with and without z, and saw that the file
{ : size of the z created file was way smaller, so it compressed, and I could not -tvf
{ : it, it wasn’t recognized as a tar file, but I could -tvzf it.
{
{ : Funny thing is, the flag is not in the documentation. Only reason I knew of it
{ : was from using the MacOS X Public Beta from Apple.
{
{ There seem to be a lot of tar options that aren’t in the docs.
{
{ The docs are really still being developed. If you notice anything else
{ that’s missing, please post. A subject that mentions “documentation” will
{ catch my eye. Please try to say where you’re looking in the docs (book,
{ chapter, section, and so on).
{
{ Thanks.
{
{ ------------------------------------------
{ Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
{ TechPubs (Technical Publications)
{ QNX Software Systems Ltd.
{ ------------------------------------------
{
–
Pat Ford email: pford@qnx.com
QNX Software Systems, Ltd. WWW: http://www.qnx.com
(613) 591-0931 (voice) mail: 175 Terence Matthews
(613) 591-3579 (fax) Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8
wasn’t my profanity, I’m just hanging here by a thread! ;O)
Pat Ford wrote:
In addition the profanity isn’t needed!
Previously, Steve Reid wrote in comp.os.qnx:
{ J. Scott Franko <> jsfranko@switch.com> > wrote:
{ : apparently, this works in the forward direction as well:
{
{ : tar -cvzf file.tar.gz .
{
{ : will create a gzip’d tar file. I did it with and without z, and saw that the file
{ : size of the z created file was way smaller, so it compressed, and I could not -tvf
{ : it, it wasn’t recognized as a tar file, but I could -tvzf it.
{
{ : Funny thing is, the flag is not in the documentation. Only reason I knew of it
{ : was from using the MacOS X Public Beta from Apple.
{
{ There seem to be a lot of tar options that aren’t in the docs. >
{
{ The docs are really still being developed. If you notice anything else
{ that’s missing, please post. A subject that mentions “documentation” will
{ catch my eye. Please try to say where you’re looking in the docs (book,
{ chapter, section, and so on).
{
{ Thanks.
{
{ ------------------------------------------
{ Steve Reid > stever@qnx.com
{ TechPubs (Technical Publications)
{ QNX Software Systems Ltd.
{ ------------------------------------------
{–
Pat Ford email: > pford@qnx.com
QNX Software Systems, Ltd. WWW: > http://www.qnx.com
(613) 591-0931 (voice) mail: 175 Terence Matthews
(613) 591-3579 (fax) Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8
In article <39D8A8A1.58219799@switch.com>,
J. Scott Franko <jsfranko@switch.com> wrote:
Or, it has been discovered that even this works:
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
the z flag, seems to be a recent addition to at least two OS’s tar utility, that I
know of, that tells the tar utility to uncompress a gzip on the fly and leave the
original file untouched.
This -z option is a gnu tar option and not present on all unix tars.
http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bellenot
bellenot math.fsu.edu
+1.850.644.7189 (4053fax)
Yep! Like QNX 4.x tar! No -z option available!
Or, it has been discovered that even this works:
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
the z flag, seems to be a recent addition to at least two OS’s tar
utility, that I
know of, that tells the tar utility to uncompress a gzip on the fly and
leave the
original file untouched.This -z option is a gnu tar option and not present on all unix tars.