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halo...i did download a file called graphviz-2.8.tar.gz
When i tried to extract the file by using command, i cannot do so.It shown as below:
[root@localhost mobilemesh-1.0]# tar -zxvf graphviz-2.8.tar.gz
tar: graphviz-2.8.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
May i know what is the difference between "tar -xvf" and "tar -zxvf" ???
The z is for gzip files. Are you sure you are running the command in the same directory as the file - the error says it can't find it, not that it can't open it.
ohhh.. now i did noticed it that i didn't type on the same directory. Thanks
But one thing i want to ask is when i able to extract the file, the extracted file seem like cannot move to others directory. It got a symbol on the extracted file like a 'red pen" seem like cannot edit the content of the file.
If i extracted the file by right click on it and choose extract, it did not have such symbol on the file. May be you might get confius with what i am trying to say.
Did you know why??????
The z is for gzip files. Are you sure you are running the command in the same directory as the file - the error says it can't find it, not that it can't open it.
How does one navigate the directories? I'm having the same problem.
(Moreover, the flash plugin I installed the other day worked just fine after install-simple, too: just click a button and voila- but when I rebooted, no go. I've been googling it seems forever for something a newbie would understand on how to unzip the new download file, but I get the same response as the person above me did.) There's an explanation on the disappearing act somewhere, too, but I don't have it.
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