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Old 01-20-2005, 11:58 AM   #1
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how do i unzip a .gz file?

I'm using SuSE 9.1 and I looked in Yast and it said that i have gzip. is that the utility that i need to unzip a .gz file. if so what are the commands?
 
Old 01-20-2005, 12:04 PM   #2
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Code:
gzip -d filename
Do a man gzip for more information.
 
Old 01-20-2005, 12:06 PM   #3
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howdie

i dont know if it will work on that distribution but you can try typing
gunzip --help
and all the parameters will come up.

hope that helps

adios
 
Old 01-20-2005, 12:26 PM   #4
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just another way
Code:
gunzip <file name>
 
  


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