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From: ae219dp@prism.gatech.EDU (Devon Prichard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: un-tarring a disk file
Summary: need to un-crunch a .tar.Z file
Message-ID: <8832@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 2 May 90 21:47:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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summary says it all; I have a file (gnuplot.tar.Z from Duke Univ.)
which I want to bust out on a unix system.  I looked at the man
pages for tar, but it sort of implied it wanted a disk-to-tape
or tape-to-disk operation.  how do I untar a disk file and write
disk files??

thanx in advance

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 | Devon Prichard             making the world safe for helicopters ... |
 | ae219dp@prism.gatech.edu                                             |
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