Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:34:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com>, "James A. Taylor" <jataylor@lundahl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extracting WordPerfect? Message-ID: <19981220103411.T24125@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812201039010.345-100000@corp.au.triax.com>; from Jim Mock on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 10:44:04AM %2B1100 References: <367BDE43.6581392D@lundahl.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812201039010.345-100000@corp.au.triax.com>
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On Sunday, 20 December 1998 at 10:44:04 +1100, Jim Mock wrote: > On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, James A. Taylor wrote: > >> When I downloaded WordPerfect I got the file GUILG00.GZ. >> This seems like a funny name for the WordPerfect >> archive is it the same file everybody else downloaded. >> > > Yep. > > [snip] > >> Is gzip the correct utility to extract WordPerfect? >> > > They provide instructions on download.com.. the page that has the link > to download it.. > > gunzip GUILG00.GZ ; tar -xvf GUILG00 That's what they say, and it works. But it's not the way to do it. It's slower than using tar xz, and it takes up *much* more space. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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