[wp-testers] Nightly Builds/WinZip Replacement

[Robert Bahmann]

2006/1/12, Doug Stewart <dstewart at atl.lmco.com>:
> nga wrote:
> > Linux:
> > - well, i don't know but I think there is from the OS within a  support
> > for TAR.GZ
> >
> >
>
> The GNU Tar implementation that the majority of Linux distros ship
> allows for handling .gz files with the "z" flag and .bz2 files with the
> "j" flag.
>
> For instance:
>
> `tar xvzf wordpress.nightly.tar.gz`
>
> will expand and untar the file in the current directory.
>
> If you're on an older Solaris machine or on a *NIX box that doesn't use
> the GNU or UCB tar, you can always use gzcat and pipe it to tar:
>
> `gzcat wordpress.nightly.tar.gz | tar xvf -`
>
> Make sure you include that last dash on the tar command, as it tells tar
> to read from STDIN instead of from a file.

there is a nice tool called unp

it works with all kind of zipped fieles (tar,zip,rar,gz,bz,gz2 blah)

and the only thing you have to do is:

#: unp wordpress.nightly.tar.gz

cheerio ;-)

P.S.:hello wp-testers list ;-)