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From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amiga have keyboard garages) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: tar.Z files
Message-ID: <MWM.90Mar12161702@raven.pa.dec.com>
Date: 13 Mar 90 00:17:02 GMT
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In article <TADGUY.90Mar10171044@ceawlin.cs.odu.edu> tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) writes:

   Under UNIX, something like
	   zcat file.tar.Z | tar xvf - 
   or
	   uncompress file.tar.Z
	   tar xvf file.tar

   On the Amiga (I haven't tried this yet), it should be like the second
   example.

   Amiga TAR will be coming in comp.binaries.amiga soon pending approval.
   Until then, if you have a UNIX machine nearby, you might want to
   unpack it there.

There's a utility called "tarsplit" on one of the early fish disks
which does the equivalent of a "tar xf". However, it doesn't
understand "newer" tars, so may or may not work on any tar file you
happen to stumble into.

	<mike
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