Really? That's how I always do it. tar xfzv and xfjv At 12:26 PM 4/16/2006, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >I think that may not work. The 'f' in the string 'xfzv' must come last, >as in 'xzvf'. >On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 02:45:51AM -0400, ace wrote: > > At 02:11 AM 4/16/2006, you wrote: > > >I have 2 questions. What is the proper syntax for tar to > un-archive a tar.gz > > >file. > > > > > > tar xfzv filename > > for gz > > tar xfjv filename > > for bz2 > > > > > > >The second one is I was trying to use rpm to install a package and got > > >the error that it needslibldap.so2 needed. Do I have to set some kind of > > >environment variable or what ever fedora calls it to let rpm > know where all > > >of that stuff is? > > > > > >Join Lorie and Marvin on www.interactive.acbradio.org for the Folk > > >connection Saturdays from 18 to 20 GMT. > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >- -- >The Moon is Waning Gibbous (91% of Full) >Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE! >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFEQnAwXnuiIOyDVQURAojqAKCXPb2vkXnOWwxdCyjnA5H1lnhEkACeKtho >OkxdXUd4DaLHp+Dq7sGluc8= >=KxDa >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup