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From: pathology@a1.mscf.upenn.edu (Gregg Wells)
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Subject: UNIX .tar and .z formats on Macintosh?
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Date: 10 May 91 14:03:05 GMT
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Occasionally I find text files stored at FTP sites in UNIX .tar archive 
format and/or with .z compression.  Can such files be decompressed and translated on a Macintosh?  Where can I obtain a program for doing such tasks?  Thanks for any leads.

Gregg Wells
pathology@a1.mscf.upenn.edu

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