From:	"Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: JPEG OK, one more question
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:29:05 -0400
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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Chirayu Krishnappa wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 APR 1997 04:18:24 GMT 
> From: Chirayu Krishnappa <chirayu AT giasbga DOT vsnl DOT net DOT in>
> To: Stefano Brozzi <brozzis AT mag00 DOT cedi DOT unipr DOT it>
> Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Newgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Re: JPEG OK, one more question 
> 
> > Ok, I had a problem a couple of weeks ago compiling Thomas Lane's JPEG
> > Distribution with DJGPP.
> > Thanks to all who answered to my questions,in particular the Omniscient
> > Eli.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I looked up the ftp site and found 2 archieves of source code. One was 12K
> and the other >500K. The problem I am facing is that these files are in
> some weird format with extension .tar.gz which is alien to me. All I know
> is zip. Is this the right file for djgpp and how do I uncompress them.
> Also, what is the difference between the big and the small archieve?
> 
> TIA,
> Chirayu.

What you will need to do is download them, the names will get mangled in the
process.  Whatever name you get, just rename them to *.tgz and you shouldn't
have any problems.  Then use gunzip ( this should change the extension to 
.tar automatically ) and djtarx ( ??? I think that is the program name, it 
should come with your basic distribution ).  

What this is a form of archiving and compression.  _zip files combine 
both of these.  On unix the popular thing to do is archive them, and 
compress the archive ( you compress any file, it is actually very 
convenient ).

hope that helps
cat

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