question for linux users

[jakejake28]

hey. i have been running mandrake linux 9.1 for about a month or so, and just recently tried to open a tar.gz file. i un-compressed it, but i still cannot open any files. it says file --- not found. wtf have i done or must i do? thanks,

Jacob

[Jakobud]

umm...this forum is for arcade and game emulation software and fe's etc....

[u_rebelscum]

hey. i have been running mandrake linux 9.1 for about a month or so, and just recently tried to open a tar.gz file. i un-compressed it, but i still cannot open any files. it says file --- not found. wtf have i done or must i do? thanks,

Jacob

You need to "uncompress and extract" the files.

Did you just "uncompress" it?  If so, you have a .tar file that you need to "extract" the files from.  Unlike zip or rar files, the tar.gz are compressed and joined separately: tar puts all the files in one big file, gz compresses that one file.

[Unkis17]

From your terminal:

tar -zxvf filename

Also make sure you are logged in as your user account, not the SU!  This will create problems when compiling, unless you use CHOWN or CHGRP on whatever you mess up.

[jakejake28]

yea, u_rebe;, forgot to extract it
actually, Jakobud, i asked this in order to use linux based emus to try a linux based cab. i felt that kinda had a bit to do with arcades.
thanks for the help

[SirPoonga]

Hint when using the terminal...
goto the directory with the tar.gz.
start typing tar -zxvf begin_of_filename
Type the first couple of letters of the filename then push tab.  If you typed enough to uniquely identify the file it will type the rest of the file.

Windows finally got around to doing this too.