"Eric de Groot" <ericdeg@ptdprolog.net> wrote: (Fri, 25 Oct 1996 17:21:42 -0400) > Hello- > > I am using WindowsNT to develop on, and am having a small problem that > is probably very newbieish. I have a backup from the real mud on a unix > that > is tar zipped(mud.tar.gz) and in NT i use winzip v5.6, wich in most cases > works > on tar files. But once in a while, like on my backup, I open the tar in > winzip and > it only shows up as one single file, instead of each file the file > contains. > So i guess my question is, Does anyone know of a good zip/unzip program > for tar files under winNT? and maybee a site where i could get a copy. Or > if > you have any other solutions. 1) Upgrade to winzip 6.2 2) When you are asked for a filename extension when extracting respond with TAR.. Lots of those type of files have names like blah_tar.gz.. Winzip isn't smart enough to figure out that the '_tar' represents a tar archive inside the gzipped file. (or something like that.. my unix tar/ gzip understanding isn't complete...) Hope that helps, --Gary -- http://www.polarnet.com/Users/gbarnett/ -- telnet://mud.polarnet.com:4000 +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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