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- From: jdell@zenobia.mit.edu (John Ellithorpe)
- Subject: Re: Help me tar kermit.tar.z !
- In-Reply-To: sunjay@draco.rutgers.edu's message of 12 Sep 92 16:07:00 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:57:03 GMT
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- On 12 Sep 92 16:07:00 GMT, sunjay@draco.rutgers.edu said:
- > I thank everyone who responded to my question on where to find Kermit for SUN
- > I successfully downloaded the files from various sources but having problem
- > when i try to run tar.
- >
- > Question ? What does the z stand for in kermit.tar.z ?
- > What parameters do I use with tar to extract this file ?
- >
- > [..deleted..]
-
- The .Z usually means that the file, in this case kermit.tar, has been
- compressed. So you must uncompress the file before you can extract the
- contents of the tar file:
-
- % uncompress kermit.tar.Z
-
- which then give you the file, kermit.tar. Now you can extract the contents
- of the tar file.
-
- % tar xvf kermit.tar
-
- and away you go, into the world of kermit. Hope this helps,
-
- John
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