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vanaards%t7@uk.ac.man.cs (vanaards) (02/22/91)

   Don't use tar & compress, they don't retain the file type information.
   
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pcolmer@acorn.co.uk (Philip Colmer) (02/25/91)

In article <1991Feb22.122915.11066@cns.umist.ac.uk> vanaards%t7@uk.ac.man.cs (vanaards) writes:

>   Don't use tar & compress, they don't retain the file type information.

Quite correct, but the tar file created by !Submit includes a little script
file which provides this information while retaining full UNIX
compatibility.

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