Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!hao!husc6!psuvax1!burdvax!sdcrdcf!csun!csustan!koko!foobar From: foobar@koko.UUCP (John Fruetel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: tar format? Keywords: nethack tar format Message-ID: <695@koko.UUCP> Date: 24 Dec 87 17:44:35 GMT References: <652@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> Reply-To: foobar@koko.UUCP (John Fruetel) Organization: Computer Science Department, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA Lines: 24 In article <652@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> shapiro@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU (brian shapiro) writes: > >To the user who posted nethack > >why did you post it in uuncoded tar format. why not uuencoded arc, pkarc >or other similar form? > >I couldn't get it to uncompress at our site (which I am certain is our >problem). > ... Hmmm... I couldn't uncompress it either. Me thinks that there may be a problem here. I agree that the posted format was strange. I vote for a repost in a uuencoded/arc format. ************************************************************************** * * * The opinions expressed here are John Fruetel * * my own, etc., etc., etc.. Valley Fresh Foods, Inc. * * Turlock, CA * * ..uunet!lll-winken!csustan!foobar * * * **************************************************************************