[mythtv-users] How Do I Handle a TAR file

Mark fairlane at voyager.net
Sat Nov 1 20:06:09 EST 2003


Wow, now I don't feel so bad about getting lirc to run.  

a tar file is an archive, similar to a zip file.

do a 'man tar' to see how it works, typically the command is:
tar -xvf 'filename.tar'  

After you install Linux of course!

Housley wrote:

> I'm not a programmer and have no idea what to do with a *.tar file.
>  
> I'm willing to learn.
>  
> I'm running WinXP Pro.
>  
> Thanks in Advance.
>  
> John
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