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Unpack the distribution file

ice%  ls -l ~/apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar.gz 
-rwx-----x   1 jharvard  student   2569782 Dec  2 11:10 /home/j/h/jharvard/apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar.gz
ice%  tar zxvf apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar.gz 
apache_1.3.9/
apache_1.3.9/src/
apache_1.3.9/src/ap/
apache_1.3.9/src/ap/.indent.pro

....list of files extracted....
....truncated in this handout..
....for brevity................

apache_1.3.9/README.bindist
apache_1.3.9/INSTALL.bindist
apache_1.3.9/install-bindist.sh

Or, we could do it in two steps:

  1. gunzip to decompress the ".gz" file
  2. unpack the tar file
ice%  gunzip apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar.gz 
ice%  ls apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar
-rw-------   1 jharvard  student  10076160 Dec  6 18:34 apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar
ice%  tar xvf apache_1.3.9-alpha-dec-osf.tar 
apache_1.3.9/
apache_1.3.9/src/
apache_1.3.9/src/ap/
apache_1.3.9/src/ap/.indent.pro
....list of files extracted....
apache_1.3.9/README.bindist
apache_1.3.9/INSTALL.bindist
apache_1.3.9/install-bindist.sh

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