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Re: [Bug-tar] need your help...


From: Helmut Waitzmann
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] need your help...
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:24:38 +0200
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jims marchang <address@hidden> writes:

>I need your help sir. i am trying to uncompress a file with extension ".tar.Z".
>But when i run "uncompress file.tar.Z", it shows uncompress command not found.

Apparently you have not installed the program "uncompress":  Tar says
"uncompress command not found.".

Fortunately, "gzip" is able to uncompress "*.Z" files, too.

So you might try gnu tar's option "-z", telling it to use "gzip", rather
than "uncompress".
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