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knookie
knookie

Reputation: 8243

How to unzip xxx.js.tar files

Apologies if duplicated somewhere?

I can see a lot of posts about unzipping tar files but they get very technical and never quite seem to match what i need to do.

Using Peazip i have unzipped a xxx.js.tar.gp file and am left with an xxx.js.tar file.

How can i unzip the contents of that resultant file within Windows 7...If it is indeed possible?

I found this Javascript TAR file article which looked promising but when i browse for and select the file nothing else seems to happen?

Any ideas most welcome.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 931

Answers (3)

Dice9
Dice9

Reputation: 1

Tar is an archive itself, all you need is to extract it with 7-Zip or PeaZip. As .tar format does not support compression it is usually zipped afterwards to reduce size for distribution, so you find it as .tar.gz, tar.bz. tar.xz etc., a compressed container containing the tar file where the actual content (the js files, in your example) is archived. It takes two steps, but the extraction process works the same, with same tools.

Upvotes: -1

spc16670
spc16670

Reputation: 584

How much do you know about the archive? Is it encrypted? 7zip unzips tar files. gpg might help you if the file is encrypted.

Upvotes: 1

raggle
raggle

Reputation: 106

You can use WinRAR to unpack tar files in Windows 7: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Upvotes: 1

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