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Gadget25 |
2007-12-20
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Is there any applications to unzip tar files on the nokia n800?
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2007-12-20
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1) Open Xterminal, type "tar".
2) See there are options.
3) Search for explanation of tar options if you don't know them.
2) See there are options.
3) Search for explanation of tar options if you don't know them.
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2007-12-20
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ok in the terminal i put tar then the file name and i get invalid option --1
the tar file is in the main directory which is nokia n800
Last edited by Gadget25; 2007-12-20 at 03:34.
the tar file is in the main directory which is nokia n800
Last edited by Gadget25; 2007-12-20 at 03:34.
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2007-12-20
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Originally Posted by Gadget25
tar xvf file.tar
ok in the terminal i put tar then the file name and i get invalid option --1
the tar file is in the main directory which is nokia n800
x means extract, v means verbose, f tells it which file.
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2007-12-20
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Originally Posted by Gadget25
technut is wrong
Is there any applications to unzip tar files on the nokia n800?
- there "is" not any applications to unzip tar files.Tar files are not zipped.
tar = tape archive, which came along decades before "zip".
There are many options to untar tar files.
There are many options to learn extremely basic unix commands.
Of course there also seems to be many options to create totally useless threads.
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2007-12-20
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I think people are mixing terminology here - depending on how forgiving people want to be one could consider "unzipping" to simply mean "extracting" which is precisely what technut explained. If the OP meant "uncompressing" then tar will do this too - just add the z parameter, ie.
to extract the files from a compressed tar file.
Note that tar on Internet Tablets is quite picky about where the z parameter appears - always put it before the f parameter otherwise tar will complain.
And to view the content of a compressed tar file, use
As a rule the filenames of compressed tar files end in .gz but this may not always be the case.
Last edited by Milhouse; 2007-12-20 at 15:04.
Code:
tar xvzf mycompressed.tar.gz
Note that tar on Internet Tablets is quite picky about where the z parameter appears - always put it before the f parameter otherwise tar will complain.
And to view the content of a compressed tar file, use
Code:
tar tvzf mycompressed.tar.gz
Last edited by Milhouse; 2007-12-20 at 15:04.
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2007-12-20
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It comes up with cant open "file" no such file or directory..is it suppose to be in a certain spot...
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2007-12-20
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You need to give tar the correct path to your file - I've no idea where you file is right now. Also be careful where you extract to, as tar might overwrite existing files which may or may not be what you intend.
Assuming you're in the same directory as your archive file (eg. myfile.tar), if it's not compressed you should be able to list the contents with
Replace "myfile.tar" with the path to your file.
Does this work?
Assuming you're in the same directory as your archive file (eg. myfile.tar), if it's not compressed you should be able to list the contents with
Code:
tar tvf myfile.tar
Does this work?