Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!island!daniel
From: daniel@island.COM (Daniel Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: use of *.Tar.Z
Message-ID: <3786@island.COM>
Date: 8 Mar 91 19:50:30 GMT
References: <91063.211126NU142696@NDSUVM1.BITNET> <EMV.91Mar5185637@poe.aa.ox.com>
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In <EMV.91Mar5185637@poe.aa.ox.com> emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:

> In article <91063.211126NU142696@NDSUVM1.BITNET> <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.

	generally, it is:

	zcat somefile.tar.Z | tar xvf -

	or:

	rsh some machine zcat somefile.tar.Z | tar xvf -

			:-)

			Daniel
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