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  1. January 12th, 2006, 05:34 PM #1
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    what programmes read the GZ files

    here is the thing ive just downlaoded some stuff about perl but my pc couldnt read it and this files are tar.gz files and i was wondering what programs can read these files???....
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  2. January 12th, 2006, 05:34 PM #2
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    what programmes read the GZ files

    here is the thing ive just downlaoded some stuff about perl but my pc couldnt read it and this files are tar.gz files and i was wondering what programs can read these files???....
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    Try using tar xzvf <nameofile.tar.gz>
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    Try using tar xzvf <nameofile.tar.gz>
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    If you are using Windows download one of these apps to extract the file[s] [1.2]...

    [1] 7-Zip [Free]
    [2] WinZip [Commercial]
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    If you are using Windows download one of these apps to extract the file[s] [1.2]...

    [1] 7-Zip [Free]
    [2] WinZip [Commercial]
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  8. January 12th, 2006, 10:11 PM #7
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    Hey Hey,

    everyone's given you ways of opening it.... the .gz extension means that it's gunzipped or gzipped... (uniz programs = gzip and gunzip)... Generally you'll see .tar.gz as tar will only archive files (not compress them... Tape Archive) and Gunzip will only compress a single file... so they work well together..

    Gunzip does have one nice feature.... You can reduce the amount of bandwidth consumed by visitors to your website... and companies can use it to offer "High Speed Dial-Up"

    Check out the following links...

    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/test.txt.gz
    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/test.html.gz
    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/antionline-sm.gif.gz

    Browse to them in your browser... You'll see them as if they were a txt, an html and a gif... but if you wget them you'll get the compressed files...

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  9. January 12th, 2006, 10:11 PM #8
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    Hey Hey,

    everyone's given you ways of opening it.... the .gz extension means that it's gunzipped or gzipped... (uniz programs = gzip and gunzip)... Generally you'll see .tar.gz as tar will only archive files (not compress them... Tape Archive) and Gunzip will only compress a single file... so they work well together..

    Gunzip does have one nice feature.... You can reduce the amount of bandwidth consumed by visitors to your website... and companies can use it to offer "High Speed Dial-Up"

    Check out the following links...

    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/test.txt.gz
    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/test.html.gz
    http://www.aoaddicts.net/htregz/antionline-sm.gif.gz

    Browse to them in your browser... You'll see them as if they were a txt, an html and a gif... but if you wget them you'll get the compressed files...

    Peace,
    HT
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  11. January 13th, 2006, 12:15 AM #9
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    oh god thank u guys.... i have been looking for my thread every where and i didnt notice the privet message notifing me about this... and sorry if i started it in the wrong place ... u know im just a newpie .... forgive me...
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  12. January 13th, 2006, 12:15 AM #10
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    oh god thank u guys.... i have been looking for my thread every where and i didnt notice the privet message notifing me about this... and sorry if i started it in the wrong place ... u know im just a newpie .... forgive me...
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