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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: slowing it down
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 14:37:39 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Message-ID: <4fb9jjINNdc2@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
- References: <4ebh99$5q9@monmouth.edu> <4egupkINN4rp@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <4eoctm$8gg@newslink.runet.edu> <4eqa0a$q59@panix2.panix.com>
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- In article <4eqa0a$q59@panix2.panix.com>, Rich Kus <richk@panix.com> wrote:
- >In article <4eoctm$8gg@newslink.runet.edu>, Ilya <ibelooze@runet.edu> wrote:
- >>Kazimir Kylheku (c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
- >>|
- >>|Ah, here it is. Basically, just unpack the directory "slow" and compile with
- >>|"cc *.c".
- >>|
- >>|begin 644 slow.tar.gz
- >>|M'XL("&/]"S$``W-L;W<N=&%R``$4".OW'XL(`&/]"S$``^U9_U/CMA+GY_P5
- >>|M2VZ..`SC=:4GI#`SW2X^"&0/M>@6&,HA`/CIVQ9$*N1__VMY)LQS).X,U[
- >>|MT'FOZ.9PO-K][$I:K59KY@63S:67;="PMIH6+`'`5JLIGW:C(9]QLP!:ME7;
- >>
- >>OK, here it is:
- >>
- >>$ tar -xvf slow.tar
- >>tar: Only read 2068 bytes from archive slow.tar
- >>
- >>So what's up with that?
- >>
- >
- > it appears that Kazimir gzip slow.tar twice.
- > after uudecode and gunzip; rename the file to slow.tar.gz and run gunzip.
- > then you will be to tar the file.
-
- Did I??? Duh! Boy, if I keep at it, maybe I can get it down to one bit! :)))
-
- What might have happened is that I put an extra 'z' on the tar command.
- But still, the original poster is not giving the right command. You don't
- unpack .tar.gz files with tar -xvf. You gunzip it first, or use tar -xzvf if
- you have GNU tar.
-
- Now back to your regularly scheduled topics...
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