Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:02:35 -0800 From: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Chauncey Smith <csmith@icdc.com>, Paul <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com>, "freebsd.org" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installations questions Message-ID: <20020225180302.5175337B400@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <006201c1bdbe$a2abf9a0$2c14fea9@ultra2000> References: <200202240508.AAA27239@alpha.vaxxine.com> <006201c1bdbe$a2abf9a0$2c14fea9@ultra2000>
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On Sunday 24 February 2002 09:30 pm, Chauncey Smith wrote: > there is something of and issue of the file extenstions which I have to > question. > I did a man on gzip and fouind that .tgz and tar.gz are both the same > format. you cang ungzip them because gzip has shortend the name of the > file. so how can you actually tell the diffence? Traditionally, .tgz is used for a precompiled package ready to use, while .tar.gz is used for uncompiled source code or other stuff. They are the same format, but just think tgz=package, tar.gz=source. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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