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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: tar.Z
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.055816.12372@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
- References: <92296.120654U36167@uicvm.uic.edu> <147850002@hplsla.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 05:58:16 GMT
- Lines: 30
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- In article <147850002@hplsla.hp.com> ericb@hplsla.hp.com (Eric Backus) writes:
- >lawyer@maple.circa.ufl.edu writes:
- >>In article <92296.120654U36167@uicvm.uic.edu>, U36167@uicvm.uic.edu writes:
- >>>How do you decompress a tar.Z unix file on a PC. I am at my wits
- :
- >>Use the LHARC utility decompression progam.
-
- When I first saw this I thought that this is some kind of a prank on
- the poser of the question.
-
- >This won't work. Check the FAQ for an explanation of all of this.
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