Re: ftp files...
From: Alan Nolan-Davies <alan.nolan-davies_at_uk.sun.com>
Date: 1995/10/30
Message-ID: <3094B299.766E_at_uk.sun.com>#1/1
Date: 1995/10/30
Message-ID: <3094B299.766E_at_uk.sun.com>#1/1
tar is a unix command for archiving.
to extract use 'tar -xvf joe2.8.tar'
Are you on a Unix box? I'm afraid I've never used tar on anything else.
ttfn,
Alan...
Grace McCalman, Box 524, Trent University, Peterborough, (705)740-2337
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
Received on Mon Oct 30 1995 - 00:00:00 CET