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gunzip < filename.tar.gz | tar xvf - That will work with most any version of tar. > On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:12:33AM +0200, Jonas Jensen wrote: > >Well, silly me :-) > > > >Now, 2 more questions about that: > > > >-What the hell is the purpuse of that feature? > > Tar used to be commonly used with a tape device. If you don't use the > -f option it defaults to an arbitrary device for extraction. I assume > that cygwin defaults to standard input. > > In case it isn't obvious to you, the Cygwin project did not invent the > tar program. This tar behavior is far from new. The tar program has > been a standard part of UNIX for a long long time. Cygwin is a UNIX > emulation environment, so... > > >-Is there an easy program to unzip the contents of a .tar.gz file > >without first using gzip.exe and then tar.exe? Or a good way to set up > >an alias/script to do this? > > I sounds like you still aren't reading the "tar --help" output very > closely. > > The '-z' option automatically uncompresses an archive before extraction > or creation: > > tar -xzf somefile.tar.gz > > cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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