Thread: Backup in tar.gz

Hi everybody,

In the old cPanel we could download a full back of our website in a .zip file format and open it without any problem.

The new "cPanel Accelerated" the backup is automatically generated in a "tar.gz" gzip file extension.

I found the following on how to open a tar.gz file but I dont understand it?

Can sombody point me in the right direction on how to open a tar.gz file extension.


Unpacking .tar.gz files

First, ensure that you have a shell running in the same directory as the downloaded file. (Mac OS X users: a shell window can be created by launching the Terminal application from Applications->Utilities. You will then have to use the cd command to navigate to the appropriate directory.) To unpack a .tar.gz file, say, foo.tar.gz, use the following command:

gunzip -c foo.tar.gz | tar xopf -

The newly extracted files will be created in the current directory. If you also wish to see a list of the files as they are extracted, instead use the command

gunzip -c foo.tar.gz | tar xopft -

Unpacking .tar files

First, ensure that you have a shell running in the same directory as the downloaded file. (Mac OS X users: a shell window can be created by launching the Terminal application from Applications->Utilities. You will then have to use the cd command to navigate to the appropriate directory.) To unpack a .tar file, say, foo.tar, use the following command:

tar xopf foo.tar

The newly extracted files will be created in the current directory. If you also wish to see a list of the files as they are extracted, instead use the command

tar xopft foo.tar

Most zip applications will open it...but you usually unzip it on the server.

Karen

Thanks Karen once again.

You are always there when help is needed.