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On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Grant Handford wrote:

> Dear CCLer's:-
> 
>         I am a new student of Computational Chemistry and I am just getting
> started at using a computer for e-mail, Internet, etc.  I need to know how
> to convert compressed tar files into usable form.  If you could help me it
> would be very much appreciated.  Thank You.

hint: type man tar at unix prompt.

Q&D:

If you're using GNU tar:

tar xzvf foo.tar.gz (means: eXtract unZip Verbose F?)

For vanilla tar:

gzip -d foo.tar.gz (means: gnuzip -decompress )

(or gunzip foo.tar.gz)

then

tar xvf foo.tar

hope this helps,
'gene

P.S. to create an archive: tar cvf foo.tar YourDirectory
     then gzip -9 foo.tar to create a compressed version of it. Can 
     also be done with pipes, and GNU tar can do it one go, if you 
     use the z option.     

 
> Sincerely,
> Grant.
> E-mail:- granthan*- at -*islandnet.com
>