Re: Opening Tar Files

[Bruce Stephens <bruce cenderis demon co uk>]

kkhan@idirect.com writes:

> I am having trouble opening up a tar file. The name of the file is
> GTKstep[1].tar.gz that I downloaded from gtk site. I am having trouble
> 'untaring' it. I can see the file in file manager and looks fine, but I
> can't open it... I dont think I am using the right command..
> 
> 	Can someone give me the correct command to untar a file please? 

It's a gzipped tar file.  GNU tar has an option for these, fortunately:

        tar zxf GTKstep.tar.gz

or
        tar ztvf GTKstep.tar.gz
to see what's in it, without extracting.

> Also is there a utility out there like winzip that does tarfiles?

Dozens.