How to decompress .tar.gz archive?

[TSch]

Hi folks,

how exactly do I decompress a

.tar.gz

file?

I need exact command syntax...

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Thomas

 

[MoshiachNow]

Hi,

You need the "gzip" utility to uncompress it.
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[DSMARWAY]

You need the command , gunzip . This can be obtained from

http://www.bull.de/pub/

look for gzip/gunzip .
once downloaded and installed on your server ( thats if you haven't already got it)

gunzip name.tar.gz
tar -xvf (name of file i.e. *.tar)
Note:- Have a look at tar to see if backed up relative or absolute i.e. / in from or . in front of filename )
if / you should be able to restore from anywhere . if . then
cd into directory where you want to restore files to

HTH

 

[Guest_imported]

gzip -d *.tar.gz

tar -xvf *.tar

 

[KenCunningham]

As DSMARWAY hints above, it's useful to check the tar archive first to establish whether relative or absolute pathnames have been used. Do this using tar -tvf <name>.tar this will give you a list of files in the archive, but won't actually write them anywhere. You can then decide on where you want to restore the files to. HTH.