GJose@system-m.phx.bull.com (03/11/90)
I have just obtained an amiga file with a .tar.Z suffix. Could someone please tell me what I have to do to uncompress/unarchive this file? Also the location (ftp sites) of the utilities necessary to achieve this? Thanks, Graham Jose GJose.HisAust at SYSTEM-M.PHX.BULL.COM
tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) (03/11/90)
> I have just obtained an amiga file with a .tar.Z suffix. Could someone > please tell me what I have to do to uncompress/unarchive this file? Under UNIX, something like zcat file.tar.Z | tar xvf - or uncompress file.tar.Z tar xvf file.tar On the Amiga (I haven't tried this yet), it should be like the second example. Amiga TAR will be coming in comp.binaries.amiga soon pending approval. Until then, if you have a UNIX machine nearby, you might want to unpack it there. > Also the location (ftp sites) of the utilities necessary to achieve > this? When TAR comes out, it'll be available from comp.binaries.amiga archive sites, such as xanth.cs.odu.edu and f.ms.uky.edu. ...tad
mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amiga have keyboard garages) Meyer) (03/13/90)
In article <TADGUY.90Mar10171044@ceawlin.cs.odu.edu> tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) writes:
Under UNIX, something like
zcat file.tar.Z | tar xvf -
or
uncompress file.tar.Z
tar xvf file.tar
On the Amiga (I haven't tried this yet), it should be like the second
example.
Amiga TAR will be coming in comp.binaries.amiga soon pending approval.
Until then, if you have a UNIX machine nearby, you might want to
unpack it there.
There's a utility called "tarsplit" on one of the early fish disks
which does the equivalent of a "tar xf". However, it doesn't
understand "newer" tars, so may or may not work on any tar file you
happen to stumble into.
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