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- From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
- Subject: Re: tar archive trouble
- Message-ID: <1993Jan19.234935.19019@siemens.com>
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- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 23:49:35 GMT
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- >Should be uncompress zoo210.tar.Z
- > then tar -xvf zoo210.tar
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- Better yet: zcat zoo210.tar.Z | tar xf -
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- o Doesn't take as much disk space
- o Leaves the original archive intact
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- BTW, it's a good idea to get into the habit of not giving tar a - as in
- "tar -xvf". I haven't seen a tar that requires the -, but have seen at least
- one that won't take it.
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