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From: 6500spyk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Chris Brooks)
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Subject: Re: .tar and .tar.Z
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Date: 10 Nov 90 05:14:56 GMT
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In article <2688@ux.acs.umn.edu> anderss@ux.acs.umn.edu (Anderss) writes:

>Could someone tell me the difference between .tar files and .tar.Z files?
>I'm using a tar extracting program that doesn't like the .tar.Z format.

The .Z extension means that the file has been "compressed" with the Unix
compress utility.  You must first "uncompress" the file simply by typing

	uncompress file.tar

THEN, you can use the tar extractor.

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Christopher L. Brooks                               6500spyk@ucsbuxa.bitnet
UC - Santa Barbara                                  brooks@faulty.ucsb.edu