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From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VMS Larn
Message-ID: <1991Jan11.131442.15463@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 91 13:14:42 GMT
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In article <9101091453.AA16495@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> tjhayko@THUNDER.LAKEHEADU.CA writes:
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>I've pulled a file that appears to be Larn for VMS (my boss wants it for our
>750), but I can't seem to figure out how to extract the files.  The file is
>on ab20.larc.nasa.gov in /incoming/larn and it is called VMS_Larn12.2.BCK_Z.
>Could somebody tell me what to use to extract the files?  Thanks, and sorry
>for posting an unrelated topic to comp.sys.amiga

     The _Z tells you that the file is compressed (probably on a VAX but
you should be able to use Unix uncompress too).  The .BCK extension tells
you that the file is a BACKUP saveset.  To Larn more (Sorry, couldn't resist),
type "help backup" under VMS.


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