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- From: chena@crs.cl.msu.edu (Antony Chen)
- Subject: Re: .Z files ---->what are they, what do I do with them?
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 05:04:34 GMT
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- evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Dan Evans) writes:
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- [my first reply junk deleted]
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- >What about the files on SIMTEL20 (and elsewhere) that have a .tar.Z extension?
- >Is there additional processing besides the decompression?
-
- The .tar.Z extension is the Unix method of pkzip/unzip. To uncompress this
- file AND untar it, type: zcat <filename>.tar.Z | tar xvf -
- I suggest making it a background process. I haven't hit a system that
- doesn't have the zcat command, but if not, do this:
- uncompress <filename>.tar.Z
- tar xvf <filename>.tar
-
- That should do it...
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