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- From: torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Alex "Mystic" Soto)
- Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
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- References: <1992Dec11.031426.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:43:24 GMT
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- comptec91006@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Michael Botten) writes:
-
- >This question doesn't really have much to do with this newsgroup, but I
- >suspect someone here will know the answer. So here goes nothing...
-
- >What needs to be done to files ending in '.Z' (eg. filename.ext.Z) to make
- >them usable? I assume they are archived. I guess I just need to know the
- >name of the archiver so I can get it from an FTP server somewhere.
-
- Actually, doesn't .Z mean they are tar'ed? I think compressed or packed is
- small .z
- If it is tared together, you will have to go into UNIX and untar it by
- typing: tar xvf filename.ext.Z
- In case I'm wrong, you can also do a 'man tar'
- Hope this helps.
- Mystic
- (alex.soto@analog.com)
-
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