Topic: what is the command to expand a tar file

[stiperstones]

Hi i are trying to expand xoops into a html folder on an ibay cannot rember correct command

[psoren]

Hi i are trying to expand xoops into a html folder on an ibay cannot rember correct command

tar -xvzf yourfile.tar.gz

Or use midnight commander:
mark the file and hit enter (make sure it's not executeable), and copy the contents to the dir you want.

Per

[stiperstones]

Thank you very much psoren

[raem]

stiperstones

Don't forget the man command, good for finding lots of answers
eg
man tar

etc etc etc