[Xastir] rattlesnakes

[Rick Green]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Peter Maxfield wrote:

> Speaking of WX logs:
>
> I downloaded the NWS shapefiles to the vmplayer desktop.  However, I forgot
> to (read : don't know how )do it as root.  I don't know the command to
> extract on the command line or I hope I could just
>
> sudo extract(?) filename location   I think this would give me the ability
> to perform this function.
>
  What's the full filename of the shapefiles you downloaded?  If it's *.tgz 
or *.tar.gz, then you can `tar -xzvf <filename> <location> will do it.
   (-x = extract, -z = 'filter thru gzip first, -v = tell me what you're 
doing, -f <filename> is the file to act upon.)  `man tar` will tell you 
much more than you need to know...
   If it's a .zip, use unzip. If it's just .gz, use gunzip. Otherwise, try 
`file <filename>` and it'll describe the internal format for you, giving 
you a clue what program can read it.


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Rick Green, N8BJX

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