In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes: > In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes: >> How does one expand (decompress?) .tar.z files? > > The file needs to have the extensions of .TAR_Z. For example, you might > have a file called TEST.TAR_Z. To uncompress this, use the following > commands: > > $ UNCOMPRESS TEST.TAR_Z > $ TAR -XVF TEST.TAR > Or, if you're lazy, type: $ UNCOMPRESS TEST.TAR and uncompress will add the _Z onto the filename for you :) John -- Drivel of the year: "...DOS is utterly unable to handle more than 1MB of memory. Removing this limitation from DOS would result in something that just _isn't_ DOS any more--it wouldn't run existing DOS programs." -PC Mag, Nov 23, 1993. ---> OS/2? - what DOS could have been and would like to be.