Re: how do I extract a 2.6 gigabyte .tar.gz file ?
On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 05:45:57PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> > * Get and install mtools.deb
> > * Edit /etc/mtools.conf, set it up so it can access your dos partition, as
> > say, drive c: (follow the comments, looks easy).
> > * mtype c:/huge.tar.gz | tar ....
>
> Hm, looking through the mtools docs, you may need to first mcd c: and then
> mtype huge.tar.gz.
Under DOS, type is for text files and will termiante reading at the
first ^Z I would guess; if mtype mimics this, it won't work.
Hamish
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