Adam,
Are you trying to decompress / install something in a tar.gz file?
The command I use for that is: tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
That command extracts, ungzips, and verbosely dscribes what's going on
for file file.tar.gz...
To make a file executable for everyone, you can: chmod +x file
Executable just for you: chmod u+x file
You can also set specific permissions with: chmod ###
where ### is <owner permissions><group permissions> and <world
permissions>;
each is a number, as follows:
1: allow execution
2: allow writing
4: allow reading
Add up the numbers for allowing multiple things...
As an example,
chmod 754 file
allows the owner to read, write, and execute
allows members of the group to read and execute
and allows everyone else to read only
Adam Constable wrote:
> I have found ways aroun these problems by using X apps...but Its
> killing me to find the console commands whats the quickest way to
> deal with tar.gz files? zcat <tar file> | tar xz???? how do I change
> permissions on a file so I can execute it? chmod x???? doesn't seem to
> work for me?? and how do I clear a tcp/udp port when its being used
> by an app?? for that matter the app I'm running doesn't appear in top
> so I can't figure out what it is to kill it..... thanks for
> listening stini
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