ML wrote: > HI All, > > I have a directory tree that when the user un-gzips/untars it does > into /opt by default. > > The directory tree is like: > > ugui > | > |-- <misc files> > |-- source > |-----framework > |------ <misc files> > > so when unzipped I want to end it with /opt/ugui and all the stuff > below it. > I'm not sure what you are asking here. If you cd to /tmp and untar the file, what does it do? > How do I do this? Can I also issue one command that will unzip and > untar the archive at the same time? (I know I can, I just cant get it > right) > You can unzip and untar with "tar xzf filename" with a recent version of tar. -- Bowie