Or you can do "tar zvtf tarball.tar.gz |less" and the listing of the tarball will be piped into less for your viewing. This listing will also reveal the directory structure within. I didn't realize less could read tar files. <hmmm> have to give that a try since I also have slackware. On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Igor - > > I have had that problem too. On my Slackware system the "less" > command is installed in such a way that it automatically shows > the files contained in a tar archive. The first file listed will > be a directory if the archive will be one that creates its own > directory. > > If your "less" will not do that, you can always create a > temporary directory and untar the thing in there. If it does > create its own directory under your temporary one, you can just > "mv" the thing to where you want it. > > HTH - Chuck > > > > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waning Crescent (17% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
