I have a directory that need to be archived with a sub directory that has a number of very. However, since gunzip says it isn't in gzip format, you can see what format it is in with file filename.tar.gz, and use the appropriate program to open it. Includes all files and folders in the directory does not include any of the directory structure (or.) in the final product does not require you to change directories However, it requires the directory to be given twice, so it may be most useful in another. I have an archive *.tar.gz how can i uncompress this in a destination directory? So first command fails, because this can't be gunzipped
Second command just verbosely extract the archive, without trying to gunzip it.
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