bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger) (03/25/88)
Jim Brunke (brunke@vax1.acs.udel.EDU) writes: > Ok, now do I use type binary for ftp?? After you've gotten onto the system with ftp, type the ftp command: bin Ftp should respond with something like "Type set to I." > gbd+.tar.2.4.6 > Now, secondly, assuming I get the file, how do I dearchive this file. Get the file with `get gbd+.tar.2.4.6', then `bye' to exit ftp. (You knew this already.) To see what path names the files will be extracted into, type: tar tf - <gbd+.tar.2.4.6 To do the extraction, type: tar xvf - <gbd+.tar.2.4.6 If you need to move to another directory first (so that the files will unpack into that directory), type: cd /somewhere/else; tar xvf - </original/directory/for/gbd+.tar.2.4.6 There are other pathnames you could use, and other ways to run tar, but these ways are the easiest to explain right now. If the file name is really "gbd+.tar.2.4.Z", the .Z suffix is a clue that the tar file is compressed. Unpack that with: uncompress <gbd+.tar.2.4.Z | tar xvf - or the two-step process uncompress gbd+.tar.2.4.Z tar xvf - <gbd+.tar.2.4 (Notice that uncompress strips off the .Z suffix.) If you don't have uncompress, try "compress -d" instead. Uncompress actually runs compress with the -d option. [Yes, I know uncompress is a link, but let's not cloud the issue for the sake of the explanation.] Hope this helps, -- bd