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funkmuscle

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Registered: 2006-02-09

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editing a tar file[SOLVED]

can someone tell me how to edit an existing tar file. I need to edit the Makefile.

thanx

Last edited by funkmuscle (2008-09-10 17:11:28)

lucke

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Re: editing a tar file[SOLVED]

Untar, edit, tar?

funkmuscle

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Re: editing a tar file[SOLVED]

thanx

phrakture

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Re: editing a tar file[SOLVED]

Additionally, vim has built in tar support. You should be able to "vim foo.tar.gz", edit a file, and save it... I think

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Dusty

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Re: editing a tar file[SOLVED]

Additionally, vim has built in tar support. You should be able to "vim foo.tar.gz", edit a file, and save it... I think

Holy CRAP that's awesome. Maybe I should put my entire filesystem in one tarfile...
Dusty

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