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   m.tarenskeen to Martin Byttebier   
   Re: : New at the Belgian ftp-server   
   18 Jun 08 08:10:06   
   
   From: m.tarenskeen@unknown-00-0d-56-e1-b3-fa.lan   
      
   Op 2008-06-15, Martin Byttebier schreef   
      
   >> Could someone kindly explain how to untar and compile this using plain   
   >> TOS?  Although I understand the issues from my Linux days, I don't   
   >> have any Linux computers running right now, so instructions, or a   
   >> zipped binary would be most helpful.   
   > I'm pretty sure one can extract this kind of archives using plain TOS.   
      
   Plain TOS with standard filesystem does not support a filename like   
   mypdf.tar.gz to start with. Renaming to mypdf.tgz first should not be a   
   problem even on a Windows machine. I have not looked inside the archive   
   yet if it uses long(er) filenames.   
      
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   Martin Tarenskeen   
      
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