Author Topic: .gz files (Read 1479 times)

taunusand · « **on:** December 20, 2008, 10:39:36 PM »

This might be a stupid question.
But how do I unpack .gz files?

I downloaded AmigaOS3-2.1.tar.gz from aminet, but when I unpack it with Unarc the result is just one big file, instead of a drawer :-?

I run OS3.9

AmigaMance · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2008, 10:49:51 PM »

Unpack the resulted big file.

taunusand · « **Reply #2 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:08:11 PM »

Now I just feel even more stupid!

The file had "no default tool" when I double-clicked it.
I'll rember that! Just had to drag'n'drop it into Unarc.

Thank you, glad for your help :-)

AmigaMance · « **Reply #3 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:14:47 PM »

You are welcome

Matt_H · « **Reply #4 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:16:51 PM »

It's strange behavior inherited from the Unix world. Tar collects a bunch of files into one, but can't compress. GZip compresses, but can't handle more than one file. Put them together and you've got serviceable archive handling. Newer Unix-y shell tools have decompression down to a single step, but Unarc still needs two.

Try Voodoo-X to simplify things a bit more.

taunusand · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2008, 07:49:06 AM »

Found Voodoo-X on aminet, I'll give it a try :-)

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