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From: mark@TELESYS.NCSC.NAVY.MIL ("Mark L. Williams")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re:  How Do You FTP Files Of Form *.tar.Z To A PC?
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Date: 13 May 91 14:27:57 GMT
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Will Estes writes...

>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".  This was
>using Wollongong's  WIN/TCP For DOS.  Is the inability to deal
>with a three-part name a failure of the WIN/TCP product, or
>is there a trick I can use here to get the file over to my PC?
>
>Thanks,
>Will Estes        Internet: Will@cup.portal.com
>                  UUCP: apple!cup.portal.com!Will

The problem _is_ kind of obvious when you hear what it was...
DOS filenames must be filename.ext.  There's no way to have
two dots in a local PC filename.  You'll have to use a 

GET remotefile localfile

syntax, giving a legal local file name for the PC.  I think that'll
solve your problem.

Mark