On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, millerd wrote:
> I downloaded a file from the SysAdmin magazine ending in tar.Z. But I
> cannot unzip it with gunzip.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to unzip the file?
>
> Thanks
>
> Denis
Hi Denis;
The command you're looking for is "uncompress". Look in the man pages for
all the info. One thing you'll need to know is that it sends the output to
your screen. So you will need to do "uncompress file.Z | file.newname".
Hope this helps!
J
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