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- From: reddyp@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Pardhasaradhi A. Reddy)
- Subject: Re: how do I extract rzsz9202.tar-z?
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- Organization: University of Cincinnati
- References: <93Jan17.180508.25956@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:46:28 GMT
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- In article <93Jan17.180508.25956@acs.ucalgary.ca> grady@acs.ucalgary.ca (A. Brian Grady) writes:
- >I got the file rzsz9202.tar-z from the SIMTEL archives, but when
- >I run "tar -xf filename" it seems to find the wrong # of bytes in
- >the file. What do I need to do?
- >I know next to nothing about unix, so I appreciate your help.
-
-
- I am not sure if your file is in compressed format. If it is, you
- have to uncompress it with the uncompress command. Then, try
- "tar -tf filename" to list the contents. If, it lists all the files
- properly, then the chances that your file transfer worked properly
- are high. I had a similar problem, i had to ftp the file again from
- the archive. (did you transfer the file in binary mode ??. if you
- did not, you might want to do that).
-
- hope that solves the problem :-)
-
- Pardha.
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