From: Al Chou Date: 2001-10-31T08:07:53+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:23879] Re: tar reader? --- Phil Tomson wrote: > In article <20011030012549.8728.qmail@web13302.mail.yahoo.com>, > Al Chou wrote: > >--- Ned Konz wrote: > >> On Monday 29 October 2001 03:55 pm, Al Chou wrote: > >I could just do a system call to untar the archives I'm dealing with, then > >delete the individual files when I've finished with them, > > do a `tar -tvf tarfile` > and you'll get a listing of what's in the tarfile, you won't have to > delete anything when you're done. Thanks for the tip, Phil. However, I need to look at the contents of the files inside the tar archive, not just list the names of those files. Al ===== Albert Davidson Chou Get answers to Mac questions at http://www.mac-mgrs.org/ . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com