Need help with compressed files please.

[Jeff Thomas_1]

Hi,

I have some files which I believe are compressed. I only have command line console access to the HP-UX 11 system.

The files have a .tar.gz extension on them. Anyone know how I can uncompress them? Thanks!

[Rita C Workman]

Have you tried gunzip ??

Regards,
Rita

[Rob Smith · Accepted solution]

Hi, try gzip -d on those files. Hope this helps.

Rob

[Patrick Wallek]

Those files have been compressed with gzip. To unzip them use:

/usr/contrib/bin/gunzip filename.tar.gz

gunzip should be in /usr/contrib/bin, if not, try /opt/gzip/bin/gunzip

[Satish Y]

gzip -d file.tar.gz
or
gunzip file.tar.gz

Cheers...
Satish.

[Alan Riggs]

Or, if you are certain you want to untar the archive, combine the steps:

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

[Peter Maitland]

Just as a matter of interest; why would you give points to one person and not to the other 4 that gave you the same answer? Just curious as I am new here.

Peter

[Jaimin Parikh]

Hi,

I think this is not a good practice.We gather here to share our problems and we should appreciate all the responses to our problems.

Jeff,you should give some points to other guys also,since they have spent some time answering your query.

Good luck to all of you.

Regards,
Jaimin.