Extracting GZipped TAR Archive Files
 

To extract the archived files from a GZipped TAR archive (i.e., a "filename.tar.gz" file) once you have retreived the archive:

  • Unix users type either of the following, based on your system capability:
    • gzcat filename.tar.gz | tar -xf -
    • gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar -xf -
    • tar xvzf filename.tar.gz
    • .
    NOTE: The "filename.tar.gz" file is compressed with gzip from GNU, which is available in source code from the GNU ftp site. If you are unfamiliar with installing GNU software, please contact your system administrator.
  • Win32 users may use WinZip (an archive utility available at www.winzip.com), or a similar file extraction utility program.
 
Last updated: October 26, 2001