Im using redhat 7.3 and simply cannt unpack a ,tgz file?!!@# Ive read the instructions from many websites and still get "file or folder not found" and "command not found" arghhhh..... I know the file exists because Im looking at it. Its a new printer driver for my Z22 printer and I've just about given up.

Shouldn't it be something like .tgz!!! What exactly did you type at the prompt, assuming that you are in the same directory where the file is? (If you want, e-mail me directly with the name of the file as well.) Lawrence

Not much to go on from your post, but make sure you have the case right. Linux is CASE SENSITIVE. so if the file is *.TGZ, then dont try unpacking *.tgz. Other than that, what's the name of the file, and what command are you trying to use?

try typing it out and using the TAB key to complete the file BASH should bring up the file. If tar fails then I am thing you download ed in ASCII.

a .tgz is just a short hand for a .tar.gz file (if you don't believe me do 'file .tgz' . You can use tar -xcvf on it or gzip -dc | tar -xvf - J

Thanks guys the gzip -d | filename.tgz did the trick to unpack it and the tar -xvf filename.ter untarred it. different sites told me different things. But this worked. Unfortunately, the Linux driver for my Z22 printer only works with a parallel connection (I currently use USB with my other OS's. I only have one parallel port currently being used by the Biometric fingerprint scanner built into my keyboard. I'll have to get a PCI/parallel card to get the printer working in redhat....bummer ---- but thanks for the help -mav

man tar, man gzip is the best place to start good graphical tool called archiver available under Mandrake others too check out www.freshmeat.net