From: Fremlin (John, Maria, Peter or David) <fremlin AT oncology DOT wisc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: tar.gz?
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 97 17:20:48 CST
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison
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On Thu, 03 Apr 1997 04:05:43 -0800, 
Rick Dague  <bifurcate AT geocities DOT com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>How do I unpack files that end in tar.gz on MSDOS? I've downloaded the
>gnu elisp manual and changed its name to elisp-ma.tgz, and using gunzip
>spits out the file elisp-ma.tar.
>
>What do I do now?
>
>Many thanks :)
>--Rick
>

DJGPP comes with a 'tar' file unpacker called DJTAR. If you have DJGPP
you can unpack a tar file like this:

djtar elisp-ma.tar

(I think this worked for me. I'm not sure - I've only downloaded one
tar file).

If you don't have DJGPP and don't want it, you can get djtar from 
http://www.delorie.com and finding the zip where djtar is kept
(there are lists of all the DJGPP zipfile contents).


John Fremlin (fremdh AT essex DOT ac DOT uk)

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