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From:	"Tim Prince" <tprince AT computer DOT org>
To:	"Matthew Smith" <matts AT bluesguitar DOT org>, <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
Date:	Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:55:24 -0700
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None of the proprietary versions of tar which I've run across accept
input from a pipe.  Stick with gnu tar if possible.

Tim Prince
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Smith" <matts AT bluesguitar DOT org>
To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing


> gunzip < filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -
>
> That will work with most any version of tar.
>
>



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