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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Tim Oneil wrote:

> Yer not supposed to untar *.tgz files, are ya? I mean, I suppose you
> could, but seems like the pkg_add command would be easier...

Packages are in the .tgz format, but not all .tgz files are packages.
 
> -Tim
> 
> 



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."