Re: ftp files...

Grace McCalman, Box 524, Trent University, Peterborough, (705)740-2337 (gmccalman_at_ivory.trentu.ca) wrote:

: Now I figure that the Z means compressed, so I uncompressed it. But how
: do I unzip (or what ever) to retrieve the files.

Do this:

        tar xvf joe2.8.tar

: joe2.8.tar. Maybe I have to download a utility for this? If so where...

I'm not sure if tar comes with o/s installation. But you can certainly get the utility off an ftp site.

Leng.

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