EJay 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2006 Whenever I unzip a folder from terminal using tar -zxvf, it wont show the folder onto the Desktop. Ive tried almost everything from rebooting the computer to trying to unhide the folder, will someone help me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernad 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2006 hehe chek where you extracting that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingi89 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2006 Whenever I unzip a folder from terminal using tar -zxvf, it wont show the folder onto the Desktop. Ive tried almost everything from rebooting the computer to trying to unhide the folder, will someone help me? 218299[/snapback] It depends in which directory you are when doing that. For example, if there isuser@compurername:~$ it means that it unzips it to your home directory. But I don't know, why you want to use tar to extract (unless you don't have any GUI running), because there is more easier way to do it: file-roller (for gnome, but it woks with KDE also), and it can do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbrugge 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2006 Did you put that *.tar file on your desktop in the firstplace or is it at a difrent location like ~/downloads (~ stands for home folder). When you are sure it should be on your desktop it could be that it is a hidden-file in nautales you can unhide it by clicking hitting "ctrl+h" or in a terminal with "ls -a ~/Desktop"But I have the feeling you did set it to another location. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites