untar tar.gz 2

[gatetec]

// AIX 5.1 and 5.2

Can you pls give me a quick tip on how to untar this tar.gz?

tar xvfz back_C87ZXIE.tar.gz
Usage: tar -{c|r|t|u|x} [-BdFhilmopsvw]
[-Number] [-fFile]
[-bBlocks] [-S [Feet] [Feet @Density] [Blocksb]]
[-LInputList] [-NBlocks] [-C Directory] File ...

tar -xvfz back_C87ZXIE.tar.gz
tar: z: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

thx much

 

[sbrews]

Depending on OS, I've found it usually works better if you "unzip" the file before "untarring" it - instead of trying to do it all in one command.

So, I would do something like this:

gunzip back_C87ZXIE.tar.gz followed by a
tar -xvf back_C87ZXIE.tar

 

[gatetec]

thx so much.
It works well.

 

[p5wizard]

If you're short on diskspace, or don't want ot touch the gzipped file:

gunzip -c back_C87ZXIE.tar.gz | tar -xvf-

I believe gzcat can be used also

gzcat back_C87ZXIE.tar.gz | tar -xvf-


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[gatetec]

thx much. it helps.