Comments on: How to: tar a file, gzip a file, untar a file

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:07:15 +0000

Hi,

How to untar? It gives me error

tar: Multiple archive files require `-M’ option
Try `tar –help’ or `tar –usage’ for more information.
[root@host ~]# tar -czf /home/music/lyrics_songs.sql.gz
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar –help’ or `tar –usage’ for more information.
[root@host ~]#
[root@host ~]# gunzip -dc /home/music/lyrics_songs.sql.gz | tar xvf -
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

Thanks,
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By: TA

TA — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:21:57 +0000

Thanks a lot, this is near the top when you google “how to tar” and so will help a lot of people…

By: Moataz Almadawy

Moataz Almadawy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:54:36 +0000

thanks man great pos

By: Smoother

Smoother — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:28:42 +0000

Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad this helped you out Athan.

By: Athan

Athan — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:38:52 +0000

thanks. this helped!