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From: packer@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Michael A Packer,Knapp Hall,,2928607)
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Subject: Re: pkarc/pkxarc and/or pkzip/pkunzip for unix
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Date: 25 Sep 89 22:23:45 GMT
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From article , by w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen):
> ARC and ZOO for Unix are available from SIMTEL20.  ARCSRC.TAR-Z will
> handle PKWare's squashing as well as the ARC compression methods.
>[...] 
> The filename.TAR-Z files should be renamed to filename.tar.Z after
> transfer to your Unix host.  These files were compressed with a
> Unix-compatible compress program.
> 

please excuse my ignorance, but I have attempted to find the solution
here at school and noone can seem to answer my question concerning the
tar file.

Keith says to remember to rename the file to  filename.tar.Z 
I can get this far, and i can even go as far as to uncompress it.
But this is where the problem starts.  What do I do with the tar'ed file?
i know it is a Tape Archive somthing or other but I don't know what to do
with this... please help.....

I think this might be worth posting instead of mail to me...I am sure
that I can't be the only one not knowing how to do this.

many many thanks in advance.

> Don't forget to use the tenex mode when getting binary files from
> SIMTEL20.
> 
> --Keith


by the way keith you are doing a great job!

michael packer
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