Re: ftp files...
From: Parris Geiser <parris_at_walleye.esp.bellcore.com>
Date: 1995/10/31
Message-ID: <475anr$fcd_at_athos.cc.bellcore.com>#1/1
Date: 1995/10/31
Message-ID: <475anr$fcd_at_athos.cc.bellcore.com>#1/1
Grace McCalman, Box 524, Trent University, Peterborough, (705)740-2337 (gmccalman_at_ivory.trentu.ca) wrote:
> Hi there,
> A quick one. It is the first time that I have download stuff off an ftp
> site. e.g I downloaded a file called joe2.8.tar.Z
> Now I figure that the Z means compressed, so I uncompressed it. But how
> do I unzip (or what ever) to retrieve the files.
> The uncompressed file is joe2.8.tar.
> joe2.8.tar. Maybe I have to download a utility for this? If so where...
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Grace
Use the UNIX 'tar' command:
tar -xvf joe2.8.tar
parris geiser Received on Tue Oct 31 1995 - 00:00:00 CET