When the file comes to you in the mail, it
will be the script you requested in the
specified compression. The only difference in
the compression scheme is that these files
have been uuencoded so that they will easily
travel as text files through the mail. To
uudecode them, first save the file into your
unix directory into a filename like:
script.uue
Then quit out to your unix shell. Once you
are at your unix prompt, type:
uudecode script.uue
If uudecode was on your system, you can
now type ls and see a new file in
your directory. This should now have a
familiar extension on it and you can
uncompress it from there. In case you don't
know how to uncompress the file you got after
it was uudecoded, use the following steps:
.tar.gz
TYPE:
gunzip filename.tar.gz
tar -xvf filename.tar
.tar.Z
TYPE:
uncompress filename.tar.Z
tar -xvf filename.tar
.zip
TYPE:
unzip filename.zip
Those commands assume you are on a unix
machine and in your unix shell. There are
various other programs to uncompress files in
Windows and Macintosh environments.
