Re: how do I extract a 2.6 gigabyte .tar.gz file ?

To: Darxus <darxus@Op.Net>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how do I extract a 2.6 gigabyte .tar.gz file ?
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:34:35 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 19981030003435.N31920@kitenet.net>
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Darxus wrote:
> The command I used is:
> 
> mtype c:/linux/home.tgz | gunzip > home.tar
> 
> This was after I noticed 
> 
> mtype c:/linux/home.tgz | tar -zxvf - home/darxus
> 
> didn't restore everything. 

Why did both variants fail? Any errors?

-- 
see shy jo

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