From:	davidson AT hrl DOT com DOT au (Tim Davidson)
Subject:	Re: .tar.gz
27 Jul 1997 21:50:08 -0700 :
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> 
> Can someone tell me how to untar, and un-zip a file with
> this extension, using gnu-win32's tools? Thanks.
> 
> Justin Hopkins
> 

Try

    tar xzf file.tar.gz

If you are not using GNU tar then you may have to unzip the file
before untarring

    gunzip -c file.tar.gz | tar xf -

Tim

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