I'm sorry.... that went into the wrong email! but I forgot the 'file' flag
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:33 PM, James Mcphee <
jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't quite figure out how gimp applies here. But a quick intro to tar
> flags.
>
> x = uncompress. mutually exclusive from c and t
> c = compress. mutually exclusive from x and t
> t = show. mutually exclusive from x and c
>
> So to create a tarball, use a c.
>
> z = use gzip. rename file with .gz
> j = use bzip2. rename file with .bz2. more compression than gzip, but
> less compatible and harder on the cpu.
>
> And finally, the f. Why an f? For "file". Now you may ask "why would I
> have to put an f on the end of every tar command I ever issue?!" That has
> to do with what "tar" means. Tape ARchive. As in those nasty tape backup
> devices that always break and need cleaning and take forever. Since you
> don't want to send it to tape, you have to tell it to work with files,
> which means "f".
>
> Throw a "v" in the args for verbosity.
>
> So "tar xzvf /path/to/tarball.tar.gz" would uncompress said gzipped tar
> into the current directory and tell you all about it.
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> did I do this correctly? it's been sitting there about two minutes doing
>> nothing:
>>
>> xxxx@Michaels-Laptop ~/Downloads $ sudo tar -xz
>> /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/gimp-save-for-
>> web-0.29.3.tar.bz2
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> and maybe an 'allow from ip address' too
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