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From: YEE@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Roger Yee)
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Subject: extracting programs
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Date: 8 Nov 90 14:25:12 GMT
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Hello,

I am in a bit of trouble.  A friend sent me a program via email and thought
I was on a UNIX system but I am on a VAX system.  The problem is trying
to uncompress the file.  It has the extensions .tar.z and I have to do all
of this on the pc.  My uudecode process doesn't recognize the .tar.z and if
I try to rename the program in the text to ***.z, then uudecode it it works.

But then the problem of unpaking arises. I am using looz to unpack it and it
fails.  Could someone help me in unpaking it along with the tool to un tar it
if I get that far.

I'm sorry for wasting bandwidth but I didn't know where else to search out help.

Thanks in advance,

Roger Yee  (YEE@KCGL1.ENG.OHIO-STATE.EDU)