Maybe the problem also is the name of the archive. Try to rename it to openh323_v1_18_0_src.tar.gz (.tar.gz instead _tar.gz) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart Nelson" <sn@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:13 AM > In Linux and most other Unix-like systems, > > tar zxvf openh323_v1_18_0_src_tar.gz > should decompress and extract the files > > tar ztvf openh323_v1_18_0_src_tar.gz > should decompress and list the files in the archive (no writes to disk) > > gunzip openh323_v1_18_0_src_tar.gz > should decompress and write a single tar file, which you can later > extract. > > If the above commands do not work, you may have a corrupted file that > the GUI applications can still read. > > If the above commands are not found, check your path. > > If the above commands complain about the target file not being found, > check that your current working directory is where the .gz file is > located. > > --Stewart > > -----Original Message----- > From: armando_lima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:armando_lima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:31 PM > To: openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GNU-GK] How to decompress.... > > Hi, > does anybody know the command line should type into the console/terminal > to > decompress files like > openh323_v1_18_0_src_tar.gz ? > I decompressed it with X-Windows applications but I was not able to do it > manually in the console/terminal application. I tried many options such as > ungzip, untar, gzip but it did not work for me. > Thank you very much > A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________________ Posting: mailto:Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 Unsubscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openh323gk-users Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/