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- From: bernward@rcc.de (Bernward Averwald)
- Subject: Re: Help me tar kermit.tar.z !
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.200834.1584@rcc.de>
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- References: <1992Sep12.110700.1@draco.rutgers.edu> <JDELL.92Sep14105703@zenobia.mit.edu> <1992Sep14.160034.1762@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:08:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep14.160034.1762@uhura.neoucom.edu> wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:
- >
- >Careful about the .z and .Z extensions.
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- >Use, "uncompress kermit.tar," if the file is kermit.tar.Z.
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- >Use, "unpack kermit.tar," if the file is kermit.tar.z.
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- Or, if you got the file with kermit :-), all letters are folded
- to lower case, so kermit.tar.z is in fact kermit.tar.Z.
- Unpack with "zcat < kermit.tar.z | tar xvf -".
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- >
- >The compression algorithm is similar, but there are technical
- >implementation differes slightly. I believe one is berkeley
- >flavor while the other has systemVish roots.
- >
- >
- >--
- >Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Computer Services Department
- >Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511
- >wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (140.220.1.1)
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- Bernward Averwald, Heinrichstr. 42, 4600 Dortmund 1, Germany, b@rcc.de
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