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To unzip under unix you need to use gzip -x <filename> it unzips most 
pkzip files.

Chris Mansfield wrote:
> 
> Tomislav Crncic wrote:
> 
>      AUSTIN MORGAN <adm...@umr.edu> wrote:
>      > To unzip under unix you need to use gzip -x <filename> it
>      unzips most
>      > pkzip files.
> 
>              or gunzip <filename>
> 
>              ..........
> 
>              but almost always happens that the files are first
>      archived with tar
>              and then compressed with gzip....then u do the
>      following thing:
> 
>              file is called arc.tar.gz
> 
>              unzip arc.tar.gz
> 
>              u get a file called arc.tar
>              and then you should dearchive it with:
> 
>              tar xfv arc.tar
> 
>              or something like that.............
> 
>  Or... if it's zipped & tarred, you can unzip & unarchive it in one
> step:
> 
> tar xzvf arc.tar.gz
> 
that'll work on most linux distributions, on my unix you need to use
gtar for that.

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