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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
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Subject: Re: .taz
Keywords: taz
Message-ID: <1548@charon.cwi.nl>
Date: 26 May 90 00:07:10 GMT
References: <9677@discus.technion.ac.il> <1990May25.190425.14437@mks.com>
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In article <1990May25.190425.14437@mks.com> andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) writes:
 > In article <9677@discus.technion.ac.il> joel%techunix.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu (Yossi (Joel) Hoffman) writes:
 > >I suppose .taz is a new kind of archiving scheme.  Anyone know
 > >where I can find a decoder?  Please respond by e-mail.
 > 
 > Maybe .taz is mapped to a DOS filename from .tar.Z on UNIX.  If this
 > is the case then it is a compressed tar file.  Try this:
 > 
 > 	zcat file.taz | tar tvf -
 > 
Small correction.  If this is true the following command helps:
	zcat <file.taz | tar tvf -
(zcat looks whether the filename ends in .Z unless it reads from
standard input.)
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dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl