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From: troye@cs.mcgill.ca (Troy ENGLISH)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: .tar.Z files
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Date: 11 Feb 91 19:44:36 GMT
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I've used ftp to get some files which are *.tar.Z
What exactly do the .tar and .Z stand for and how
can i convert them to a format that I can use.

Thanks.
Troy