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From: Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: How Do You FTP Files Of Form *.tar.Z To A PC?
Message-ID: <42258@cup.portal.com>
Date: 12 May 91 21:17:20 GMT
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<I'm probably missing something obvious, but today while doing
<an FTP from a UNIX machine to a PC I was unable to transfer
<files that had been both TARred and COMPRESSed.  These files
<were of the form <name>.tar.Z.  Upon issuing the GET command
<from the PC I got a message "Unable to open file".  

Yes, I was missing something obvious.  The GET command takes 
an optional second argument in case you don't want to use the
host filename as the template for the filename on the receiving
system (i.e., GET <fromfile> (<tofile>) ).  Supplying the
<tofile> solved my problem.  Thus, the correct command was:

	GET asuperlongfilename.tar.Z  tiny.taz

Thanks,
Will Estes        Internet: Will@cup.portal.com
                  UUCP: apple!cup.portal.com!Will