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- From: davidem@microsoft.com (Davide Moraschi)
- Subject: Re: File extension .Z
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.120519.3048@microsoft.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 12:05:19 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Spa - Milano, ITALY
- References: <1993Jan25.034032.11647@koko.csustan.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.034032.11647@koko.csustan.edu> jfleming@koko.csustan.edu wrote:
- > Can someone direct me to a newsgroup where I can find out
- > about files on UNIX machines which have the .Z extension.
- >
- > I need to know about how to access these files.
- >
- > Thank You.. John Fleming
-
- Taken from the internet Resource Guide:
-
- HOW TO UNCOMPRESS AND EXTRACT THE tar.Z FILES
-
- Do not attempt to use the tar.Z files unless you have the Unix
- "compress" and "uncompress" commands and the "tar" command on your host
- computer, and your operating system is compatible with Berkeley Unix.
-
- 1) Use the "uncompress" command to replace the compressed "Z" file
- with a copy of the file as it was before "compress" was used:
-
- uncompress -v chapter1-ps.tar.Z
- chapter1-ps.tar.Z: -- replaced with chapter1.tar
-
- The result is "chapter1-ps.tar".
-
- 2) Use the "tar -xvf" to replace the tar file with the set of
- directories and files in the original file.
-
- tar -xvf chapter1.tar
- x copyright.ps, 5931 bytes, 12 tape blocks
- x copyright.txt, 945 bytes, 2 tape blocks
- etc. ...
-
- This creates a new directory, chapter.1, with the files
-
- copyright.ps
- copyright.txt
- intro.ps
- intro.txt
- section1-1.ps
- section1-1.txt
- etc. ...
-
- Then you throw away the files you don't want -- either the ".ps"
- files or the ".txt" files -- and print the files that remain.
-
- For more information about the action of these commands, consult the
- manual for your Unix system, or give the commands "man compress" and
- "man tar" for online documentation.
-
- Ciao
-
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