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tar file

Cheung_2 — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:07:08 GMT

I have received a tar file that contains many files, except extract the tar file , how can I know what file is in the tar file? Thx.

Re: tar file

Michael Tully — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:14:59 GMT

First be sure the file is a tar file.

# file filename
if it reports 'tar file' then it is.

You can view the contents:

# tar tvf filename

To extract
# tar xvf filename (be sure to be in the directory you wish to be extracted to.

Re: tar file

Ashwani Kashyap — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:16:33 GMT

If you are sure it is a tar file simply do a
#tar -tvf .

YOu should see all the files in the tar file .