Extract Open tar.gz Compress File

 

Extract Open tar.gz Compress File.

 

   The command example below show how to use tar command to open or extract compress tar.gz file.  This tar command to extract tar.gz file is don e on Fedora 10 system to extract the areca-7.1.5-linux-gtk-32.tar.gz file, make sure that the tar.gz fle that you need to extract in current directory and please remember to change the tar.gz filename base on your needs :-)

 

1.  Verify that tar.gz file inside current directory by using ls command.

[root@fedora backup]# ls

areca-7.1.5-linux-gtk-32.tar.gz  readme.txt

[root@fedora backup]#

 

2.  Execute tar command with xvfz options to extract open tar.gz file

[root@fedora backup]# tar xvfz areca-7.1.5-linux-gtk-32.tar.gz

./

./areca/

./areca/lib/

./areca/lib/activation.jar

./areca/lib/org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.2.0.v20060603.jar

./areca/lib/jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar

./areca/lib/org.eclipse.jface_3.2.0.I20060605-1400.jar

./areca/lib/libarecafs.so

./areca/lib/mail.jar

./areca/lib/commons-net-1.4.1.jar

./areca/lib/areca.jar

./areca/lib/swt.jar

./areca/lib/org.eclipse.core.commands_3.2.0.I20060605-1400.jar

./areca/lib/local_policy.jar

./areca/README

./areca/bin/

./areca/bin/run_tui.sh

./areca/bin/areca_cl.sh

./areca/bin/areca_dezip.sh

./areca/bin/areca_run.sh

./areca/bin/areca_decrypt.sh

./areca/translations/

./areca/translations/resources_d_tw.properties

./areca/translations/resources_fr.properties

./areca/translations/README

./areca/translations/resources_d_ru.properties

./areca/translations/resources_it.properties

./areca/translations/resources_hu.properties

./areca/translations/resources_d_nl.properties

./areca/translations/resources_d_ja.properties

./areca/translations/resources_en.properties

./areca/translations/resources_d_cn.properties

./areca/translations/resources_de.properties

./areca/translations/resources_cs.properties

./areca/translations/resources_es.properties

./areca/translations/resources_d_se.properties

./areca/translations/resources_d_da.properties

./areca/build.xml

./areca/areca_check_version.sh

./areca/COPYING

./areca/areca.sh

./areca/AUTHORS

./areca/config/

./areca/config/fwk.properties

./areca/plugins/

./areca/help/

./areca/help/ADVANCED_ENCRYPTION_HOWTO

./areca/icons/

./areca/icons/ico_72.png

./areca/icons/ico_16.png

[root@fedora backup]#

 

3.  Use ls command to verify that the uncompress tar.gz file

[root@fedora backup]# ls

areca  areca-7.1.5-linux-gtk-32.tar.gz  readme.txt

[root@fedora backup]#

 

4.  You can use the nautilus to use GNOME file manager (graphical file manager) to open and view the contents inside the tar.gz directory that you already uncompress using command above.

[root@fedora backup]# nautilus areca

 

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