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- From: sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood)
- Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.150402.13149@mfltd.co.uk>
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- Organization: Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, England
- References: <1992Dec11.031426.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:04:02 GMT
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- In article <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Alex "Mystic" Soto) writes:
- |> 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)
- |>
-
- Files with a lower case 'z' are packed (use unpack <filename>)
- Files with an upper case 'Z' are compressed (use uncompress <filename>)
-
- If file is compressed and tar'ed it will probably have the extension
- foo.tar.Z (or foo.taz)
-
- You must first uncompress it, before you can extract the files from the
- archive. If the file has un upper case Z then it can be extracted
-
- zcat foo.tar.Z | tar xvof -
-
- Steve
-
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