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From: stanton@soleil.UUCP (Rick Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.os.vms
Subject: how can I expand a tar file in VMS?
Keywords: backup?
Message-ID: <1014@soleil.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jul 90 18:11:04 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Somerville, NJ
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I realize that this has been posted a million times but...

I have a tar file that I need to expand on a VMS machine. Can I
use VMS backup to do this? If so, what qualifiers do I need to
use with my backup command? Otherwise, is there a utility that I
may use besides backup to do this task? Maybe there is a way to 
expand it on my SUN-4 and then ftp the resulting directory try
to my VAX while retaining the directory structure?

Thanks for any help that you may be able to give to me.

Rick Stanton
HARRIS Semiconductor
Somerville, N.J.