pjweaver@ralvm29.vnet.ibm.com (Paul J. Weaver) (06/21/91)
This probably isn't the right place to post, but I've picked up a couple of xxx.TAR.Z files from a graphics server on the net, and am wondering how to convert them to their natural format. Is there a DOS program which can do this, or do I need to find a UNIX machine ? Thanks. Paul Weaver pjweaver@ralvm29.vnet.ibm.com
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (06/21/91)
In article <9106201847.AA15402@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> pjweaver@ralvm29.vnet.ibm.com (Paul J. Weaver) writes: >This probably isn't the right place to post, but I've picked up a couple of >xxx.TAR.Z files from a graphics server on the net, and am wondering how to >convert them to their natural format. Is there a DOS program which can do >this, or do I need to find a UNIX machine ? Thanks. An edited extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq21.arc Frequently Asked Questions (available from garbo.uwasa.fi and simtel20 archives): From: ts@uwasa.fi Subject: MsDos compress for .Z files, etc Date: Fri 14 Jun 00:00:23 1991 23. ***** Q: Where can I find compress for MsDos to handle .Z files? A: Unix has compress, uncompress and zcat programs to pack or unpack files which are given the .Z extension. These files can also be handled under MsDos using for example /pc/unix/comp430d.zip, which is available from anonymous FTP sites like garbo.uwasa.fi, SIMTEL20, etc. There is one useful trick if you uncompress on MsDos such text files that have been made on Unix with compress. Unix and MsDos have different eolns (end of lines). You can extract a Unix compressed text file as follows comp430d -d -c YourZFile | unix2pc > YourOutputFile where unix2pc.exe is taken from /pc/ts/tsfilt17.arc (or whatever is the current verion number). While we are at it let's look at two similar questions of MsDos counterparts for Unix file handling. Uuencoding and uudecoding is a common method to handle files so that they can be sent as ordinary ascii email. There are several utilities for uu(en/de)coding files on a PC in our /pc/decode directory. One that I can recommend in uuexe413.zip, which has an option to use formats like the one employed in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings. Yet another often queried counterpart for Unix is tar for MsDos. See our directory /pc/unix for tar extractor utilities such as extar10.zip (or whatever version number is current). If you have a *.tar.Z file, you'll first have to uncompress it and then untar it. On MsDos this requires a bit of juggling with the file names, since MsDos allows only one point (.) in a file name. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun