Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!nntp-read!jc From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: question about tar.Z file Message-ID: Date: 22 May 91 04:02:13 GMT References: <7918@auspex.auspex.com> <16212@smoke.brl.mil> <1991May22.005816.1351@cse.uta.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu Organization: What do you mean 'That *can't* be done????' Lines: 36 In-reply-to: khwang@cse.uta.edu's message of 22 May 91 00:58:16 GMT >>>>> On 22 May 91 00:58:16 GMT, khwang@cse.uta.edu (khwang) said: ||> Hello, ||> Does anyone out there how I can teansfer a tar.Z file to ASCII readble ||> file ? I tried uncompress, for example, a.tar.Z then I got an a.tar then ||> what next ? Your reply will be greatly appreciated ! ||> KC ||> . It is in 'tar' form. You need to "untar" it to see what it contains. To do this, simply type: % tar xvf a.tar In the future, it might help when you seem something really funky to try this: % apropos funky.thing If your system is set up with it of course. *8-) If not, ask your System Administrator to set it up. jc -- -- James Cameron (jc@raven.bu.edu) Signal Processing and Interpretation Lab. Boston, Mass (617) 353-2879 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "But to risk we must, for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. For the man or woman who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing." (Quote from the eulogy for the late Christa McAuliffe.)