vanaards%t7@uk.ac.man.cs (vanaards) (02/22/91)
Don't use tar & compress, they don't retain the file type information. +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | ()()TEVEN () | | | () ()() | | | ()() () ()AN () () | | | () ()() ()()()() +-----------------------------------------+ | ()() () () ()ARDT |JANET E-mail : vanaards@uk.ac.man.cs.p4 | +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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. --Fil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The method adopted in our X server to avoid phosphor burn is "to display a picture of a black cat in a coal mine. This is effectively indistinguishable from screen blanking."