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Date:	Tue, 5 Nov 2002 20:28:10 PST7
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	Help Scoug <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: tar.gz files

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I have just d/l ghostscript 7.32 beta. The file is:
11-05-02 7:38p 5450033 ghostscript-7.32.tar.gz
I am trying to figure out how to open this file. I know that it is a
tarball, and suspect that I should therefore use some sort of tar
program to do this. I have a version of tar:
2-19-95 4:26p 60520 TAR.EXE
When I try:
tar -xvf ghostscript-7.32.tar.gz
it opens another window, flashes something for about .001 second, then
the window closes, and I'm sitting here feeling stupid.

Can someone give me a clue (preferably detailed) as to how to unpack
this thing?

Thanks!

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Tom Brown
thombrown@san.rr.com
Member SCOUG & SDAA
running eComStation GA + FP 2
eCS system uptime is 0 days 00:59 hours

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