[Ilugc] How to open *.tar file

From: gopal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gopalarathnam Venkatesan)
Date: Sun May 7 12:31:22 2006

Madhan S wrote:

hello kannan,
i have downloaded sample device driver programme under the file
extension *.tar.I don't know in which application it has to be opened.Please
clarify my doubt.

Regards,
Madhan.S

Please don't quote unnecessary conversations while posting a message.

You can use the tar(1) command to extract a tar archive.

# List the contents of the archive
shell> tar -tf file.tar

# Extract the contents
shell> tar -xf file.tar

# Read the tar(1) manual
shell> man tar

HTH.

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