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From: Gifka Sovereign <gif@loop.com>
To: DAMAN <sbakshi@washington.xtn.net>
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Subject: Re: how to unzip gzip'd files
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On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, DAMAN wrote:
> all the ports you have are gzip'd what file do i need to uzip 
> them. and where can i get it from

  You mean the packages, right?  Assuming that you have already installed
FreeBSD on your system, you can use:

pkg_add [filename]	To install packages
pkg_info [filename]	To read the comment file in the archive without
			installing.