[comp.sources.wanted] .tar.Z

SMH106@PSUVM.BITNET (Al can blow me...) (11/16/89)

I am relatively new to this whole FTP thing.  What do I have to do to a .tar.Z
file to get it into working format? (UU, Zoo, Compress, What!?)
thanks
eric
smh106@psuvm

brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (11/17/89)

In article <89319.115919SMH106@PSUVM.BITNET> SMH106@PSUVM.BITNET (Al can blow me...) writes:
<I am relatively new to this whole FTP thing.  What do I have to do to a .tar.Z
<file to get it into working format? (UU, Zoo, Compress, What!?)

You first uncompress it then you use tar to extract the files.
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