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What is a .tgz file - how do I open a *.tgz file?

 

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Question:

I got a backup file with an extension .tgz - what is that and how do I open it?

Answer:

A *.tgz file is a gnu-zipped .tar file.
You can use gunzip to unpack it and afterwards tar to untar it.

You can unpack it with this command - insert your .tgz file for SAMPLE: 

// 2 steps
gunzip -c SAMPLE.tgz
tar tf SAMPLE.tar

// now you should have a folder SAMPLE with your files

// or, using a pipe:
gunzip -c SAMPLE.tgz | tar tf -

Comments:

2007-08-21, 11:58:14
anonymous from United States  
Just do tar -zxvf SAMPLE.tgz . . .

Or tar zxvf SAMPLE.tgz
2007-10-05, 10:59:33
anonymous from United States  
rating
2007-12-03, 02:17:55
anonymous from India  
any more solutions?
2008-01-03, 22:57:55
anonymous from United States  
To unpack a tarball on a Unix machine:

gunzip -c <tgz_file> | tar -xvf
2008-03-12, 05:59:29
anonymous from United Kingdom  
can it be used on backtrack!!!

 

 

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