Re: files in install tarballs

["STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>]

Even easier and faster:

     tar tvfz comp29.tgz > comp29.txt

The -z flag is the equivalent of doing a gzip compress or uncompress
depending on what you are doing.  Do a   man tar   for all the details.

--STeve Andre'

At 04:06 PM 5/1/01 -0700, Peter Hessler wrote:
>try running
>$ gunzip comp29.tgz
>$ tar -f comp29.tar > comp29.txt
>
>That will print a list of the files that are in it.  If you want a ls
>-la style, then add the -v flag (tar -vf blah blah...)
>
>Converting the above command to be used on the other files is left as
>an exercise for the reader...;-)