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MiCr0 · 2000-09-29 08:05:00

i've got a tar.gz archive in win98 and i need to get at the contents. any ideas? MiCr0

29-09-2000 9:05am

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MiCr0

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i've got a tar.gz archive in win98 and i need to get at the contents.
any ideas?

MiCr0

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#2 29-09-2000 9:10am

Catch_22

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winzip

dhould do it dave but if not querey download.com for gzip for windows.
its fairly easy to get hold of a lot of the standard unix binaries compiled for dos

c22

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#3 29-09-2000 9:11am

LoLth

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I always thought winzip took care of those.

anyway, Winace definitely handles those archives.

the other alternative is to get gunzip and run it through DOS...

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#4 29-09-2000 9:15am

MiCr0

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got it sorted
winzip didn't like it at all
so i used winrar and winace instead

thanx

MiCr0

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#5 01-10-2000 2:48am

elexes

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ye use winrar its deadly for anything some times thought it dose take a while .

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