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

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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 -

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2007-08-21, 11:58:14

anonymous from United States

Just do tar -zxvf SAMPLE.tgz . . .

Or tar zxvf SAMPLE.tgz

2009-06-20, 15:58:21

escortkeel@live.com from Sydney, Australia

great but
guys as the first person said you don't have to write all that

kind regards,
escortkeel

2009-07-28, 09:09:24

anonymous from United Kingdom

PHEW!!

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2012-08-21, 18:57:49

anonymous

Can I just use WinRar to open .tgz?

2012-09-04, 04:33:10 (updated: 2012-09-04, 04:33:46)

anonymous from United Kingdom

Use winrar and extract the file.It will be fine.It will take care of it.Cheers

2012-11-13, 16:01:39

anonymous

You can also beside WinRar use the program: 7Zip it´s a great free software to unrar many rare and odd and common fileextensions! Good Luck!

2012-11-13, 16:01:44

anonymous

You can also beside WinRar use the program: 7Zip it´s a great free software to unrar many rare and odd and common fileextensions! Good Luck!

2012-11-26, 22:28:05

anonymous

Very Bad

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