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From: hendrik@cca.vu.nl (Hendrik te Winkel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: use of *.Tar.Z
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.094116.16855@cca.vu.nl>
Date: 5 Mar 91 09:41:16 GMT
References: <91063.211126NU142696@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Organization: VU Amsterdam - dienst CCA
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NU142696@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:

>If you know how to make or unpack the *.tar.Z files, please send me some
>information. Thank you very much.

Let's presume you have a file called filename.tar.Z
Then type:
uncompress filename.tar
	#gives you filename.tar
tar xvf filename.tar
	#gives you the files from the archive

Or alternatively:
zcat filename.tar | tar xf -
which does the same.

Hendrik
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