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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: More help for the dummy...
- Message-ID: <vxyn=gj.payner@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 19:01:53 GMT
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- References: <9209141303.AA02685@apple.com> <1992Sep14.154118.10873@news.iastate.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep14.154118.10873@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
- >To unpack a '.tar' (Tape ARchive) file, type the following on your Unix box:
- >
- >tar -vfx filename.tar
- >
- >To unpack a '.shar' (SHell ARchive) file, type the following (again only on
- >Unix):
- >
- >filename.shar
- >
- >You may need to execute-enable a shar file before the system will allow you
- >to run it...do a
- >
- >chmod filename.shar 777
-
- This is not necessary. Be sure to remove any mail headers or newsgroup
- hearers if the sharred file came over the net, then all you need to do
- is ...
-
- % sh filename.shar
-
- >and all should be well. (yes, I know that enables more permissions than are
- >actually needed =).
- >
- >There is no real advantage to using these types of archives, but they are the
- >standard for Unix/Ultrix/SunOS/HP-UX/A-UX/AIX/Linux/etc systems. I undersand
- >that the 'tar' utility is also avalible for GNO and possibly also the other
- >shells like Orca, ECP-16, etc.
- >
- >
- >--
- > _IanSchmidt(oINet+irsman@iastate.edu,oBITNET+twbv4@isuvax,$C000,Data)
- > Data dc i'Apple IIgs,Rush,Tiny Toons,Ren & Stimpy,Dave Barry,David Letterman'
- > "I will choose a path that's clear: I will choose free will" - Neil Peart
-
- Rich
-
- payner@netcom.com
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