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Date:      Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ValTech <valtech@caribnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5 Packages MSDOS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960824201841.218W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960825030155.7327A-100000@prop.caribnet.net>

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On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, ValTech wrote:

> How do  I go about renaming all of the files to their corrrect file name?
> and where do I put them?

Just use 'mv' to rename them.  You can put them in any directory. 

cd  # to go home
mv /dos/SOMEPACK.AGE somepackage.tgz
pkg_add somepackage.tgz

The .tgz extension is the important part.  Without it pkg_add will just
stare blankly at you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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