[ZDP] BackTalk to Document The Zope Book (2.6 Edition)/Installing and Starting Zope

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      "cd" to your home directory and, using gunzip and GNUtar,
      extract the files from the *.tgz* archive you downloaded in the
      last step::

        chrism at saints:~$ gunzip -c Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz | tar xvf -
        Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/
        Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/Extensions/
        Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/Extensions/README.txt
        Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/LICENSE.txt
        Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86/README.txt
        (.. and so on..)

        % Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 2:34 am:
         The commandline they're using in this example is redundant on linux these days. The command can be shortened
         quite a bit. Gunzip can be a commandline switch for tar. The original command above, "gunzip -c
         Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz | tar xvf -" can be shortened to "tar xzf Zope-2.5.1-linux2-x86.tgz". The same
         applies to files ending in .tar.gz.

        % Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 7:04 am:
         The example verbosity is intentional. Non-linux people complained about the form you suggest because it
         didn't work on their platform (e.g. Solaris).

        % Anonymous User - Jan. 19, 2004 3:44 pm:
         That's why the poster said it's redundant on LINUX. Now everyone has clarity. :)