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Hello I need to unzip a file I am currently running Vector linux Ver:4.0 I think and I am running in GUI can anyone help me unzip a .tar file It keeps saying unknown child process and I am running in root please reply






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Whats the full extension of the file? If its just a tar file, then try "tar cvf". If its a tar.gz file, then try "tar zxvf" and for a tar.bz2 file try "tar jxvf".
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Hey thanks I will see if this works
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Hello I need to unzip a file I am currently running Vector linux Ver:4.0 I think and I am running in GUI can anyone help me unzip a .tar file It keeps saying unknown child process and I am running in root please reply






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If it's just .tar, then tar -xf will suffice. If it's .bar.bz2 use -xjf, if it's tar.gz use -xzf.
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