The easiest way to extract the content of compressed files (and compressed archives) on Linux is to prepare a script that both recognizes files by type and uses the proper commands for extracting ...

Previously, we noted how you could use a utility such as OpenUp to decompress the pax.gz file in an Installer document, thus allowing you to see everything that gets installed before you actually ...

Switch first to a normal (non-root)user, than extract the tarfile.<BR>If you extract as normal user, all extracted files will get the user and group id's of that normal user.