Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:50:20 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: listing the contents of a tar file Message-ID: <20010411205020.A82373@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0104111544280.3464289-100000@irix2.gl.umbc.edu> References: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0104111544280.3464289-100000@irix2.gl.umbc.edu>
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G. Jason Middleton wrote: > I wanna see what is in one of my newly created tar files do do this i did > a > tar -list filename.tgz tar tzf filename.tgz t == list z == zipped file f == filename Add v (verbose) to get an 'ls -l' style listing. If you don't specify a file with the "f" flag it will use the tape drive by default. Note that you don't need "-" before the command flags as with most commands, tar's just a bit weird like that. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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