I found that winzip will handle .tgz files fine IF a copy of tar.exe (
the Windows version of tar) is in the path. You can get a copy of
tar.exe here:
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
Ed
Jason Copenhaver wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, edoc wrote:
> >
> > > Untar the 2.1 M file on your hard drive, not directly on a floppy and
> > > follow instructions, and you will probably be okay. Tom's puts an
> > > extended file system and close to 1.7 MB on a 1.4 MB floppy, but I've
> > > seen this work. IIRC (it's been a while since I used Tom's) the rest of
> > > the download is installers and docs.
> > > - Robin
> >
> > Untar on a Win98 PC? I have WinZip but don't recall a Win app to untar,
> > is there one?
> >
>
> Winzip will be able to handle a tar.gz file just fine
>
> Jason
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