Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:32:22 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "James A. Taylor" <jataylor@lundahl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extracting WordPerfect? Message-ID: <19981220103222.R24125@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <367BDE43.6581392D@lundahl.com>; from James A. Taylor on Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 10:11:31AM -0700 References: <367BDE43.6581392D@lundahl.com>
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On Saturday, 19 December 1998 at 10:11:31 -0700, 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. Yes, they don't seem to have understood UNIX conventions. But that doesn't matter. > The reason I ask is because when I run gzip to extract > the files I get an error that the file is not a GZIP > file. You probably ftp'd it in ASCII mode. Never do that. The standard tool automatically sets binary mode. > Is gzip the correct utility to extract WordPerfect? No, despite what they say in Readme. > If so what options to I need? > > If not what utility should I use? cd /var/tmp tar xzvf <mumble>/GUILG00.GZ 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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